Category Archives: PID

Improving the Beginner’s PID – Sample Time

(This is Modification #1 in a larger series on writing a solid PID algorithm) The Problem The Beginner’s PID is designed to be called irregularly. This causes 2 issues: You don’t get consistent behavior from the PID, since sometimes it’s … Continue reading

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Improving the Beginner’s PID – Introduction

In conjunction with the release of the new Arduino PID Library I’ve decided to release this series of posts. The last library, while solid, didn’t really come with any code explanation. This time around the plan is to explain in … Continue reading

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PID Library ported to mbed

So the guys over at ARM took the arduino pid library and ported it for use with their mbed platform.  Nice little stroke to the ego there.  That’s not the main reason I’m excited though.   Because they’re a legit company,  … Continue reading

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PID Front-End v0.2

Some people spend the 4th of July relaxing with friends, drinking beer, enjoying some good weather. I… updated the pid front-end. I got several requests to add grid lines and axes, and now was the time. For those of you … Continue reading

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Graphical Front-End for the Arduino PID Library

The first (extreme beta) version of the PID Front-End is up on the pid library page. It makes adjusting an Arduino PID much, much easier. The download includes the processing sketch (of course.) It also has an Arduino sketch showing … Continue reading

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