Category Archives: PID

Proportional on Measurement – The Code

In the previous post I spent all my time explaining the benefits of Proportional on Measurement. In this post I’ll explain the code. People seemed to appreciate the step-by-step way I explained things last time, so that’s what I’ll do … Continue reading

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Introducing Proportional On Measurement

It’s been quite a while, but I’ve finally updated the Arduino PID Library. What I’ve added is a nearly-unknown feature, but one which I think will be a boon to the hobby community. It’s called “Proportional on Measurement” (PonM for … Continue reading

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“Beginner’s PID” Series Translated to Spanish

HUGE thanks to Jonathan Moyano who has gone through the trouble of translating the Beginner’s PID series into Spanish! You can see his announcement here and here. Here’s a direct link to his file. In case that goes down I’ve … Continue reading

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PID Library makes it into (another) successful kickstarter [PID Showcase]

You may remember the espresso machine that was on kickstarter earlier this year. You know, where they asked for $20k and got $369k instead? Well it looks like the PID Library has made it on to another wild Kickstarter ride. … Continue reading

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Arduino PID Autotune Library

At long last, I’ve released an Autotune Library to compliment the Arduino PID Library. When I released the current version of the PID Library, I did an insanely extensive series of posts to get people comfortable with what was going … Continue reading

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PID-Controlled Espresso Machine [PID Showcase]

It is to my great delight that I can confirm that this Kick-ass, Kickstarting, Open Source Espresso Machine is using the Arduino PID Library. They seem to be using a stand-alone commercial pid controller for at least some of the … Continue reading

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Introducing the osPID

About 5 months ago I sent an out-of-the-blue email to RocketScream electronics asking if they wanted to help me build an open source PID controller. It’s been far more challenging than I expected, but today I get to announce the … Continue reading

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PID Library moved to GitHub

As per the request by the Arduino Team, I’ve moved the Arduino PID Library to GitHub. I’ve also used this opportunity to: Make the Library Arduino 1.0 compliant Release the Library under a GPLv3 License The google code site will … Continue reading

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A Little Teaser

I haven’t done many PID posts in the last couple months. Rest assured I haven’t been sleeping on that front. I’ve been working closely with RocketScream on an OSHW project that should be released soon. Here are a couple teaser … Continue reading

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Sousvide-O-Mator [PID Showcase]

There have been many sous vide projects floating around the tubes recently. The one I’m showcasing here was first brought to my attention by the Adafruit blog. I found out from the developer that he was in the midst of … Continue reading

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