If a heater is controlled by turning it on and off, does a PID algorithm help in more closely controlling the temperature? Will running the...

If a heater is controlled by turning it on and off, does a PID algorithm help in more closely controlling the temperature? Will running the PID loop faster than the temperature measurement improve anything? How would a PID control be an improvement over a simple temperature comparison with or without an anticipator? -- Rick

I know many of your old farts here have a collection of schematics or at least manuals.... I can not find the manual or maybe even the...

I know many of your old farts here have a collection of schematics or at least manuals.... I can not find the manual or maybe even the schematic that sometimes comes with these manuals for a : Fincor 105456401 , 1900-77 This is a PID dancer controller with a tach following option. If need be I can reverse engineer one using TinyCad or some common free electronic ...

I understand the basics of PID design, but if you can't describe the thing being controlled, how can you design the controller other than trial...

I understand the basics of PID design, but if you can't describe the thing being controlled, how can you design the controller other than trial and error? The "plant" is a motor on a tall reducing gear (~300:1) turning an arm that presses on a bag producing an air flow with the loop controlled by a pressure measurement. One issue I'm seeing discussed is a tradeoff on the

Imagine a mass that we want to heat with some closed-loop controller. It's C2 below. Voltage represents temperature. Thermal systems...

Imagine a mass that we want to heat with some closed-loop controller. It's C2 below. Voltage represents temperature. Thermal systems are diffusive, which we represent as a bunch of RC lags. Assume the voltage at C4 is the temperature sensor. If I were to design a PID controller, I'd have to really think about it, or fiddle some, to keep it stable. But if I do a dumb on/off thermostat, ...

I know about the auto-tuning algorithm for PID: cycle the temperature up an= d down, measure the peaks and distance between the peaks, and...

I know about the auto-tuning algorithm for PID: cycle the temperature up an= d down, measure the peaks and distance between the peaks, and calculate Kp,= Ki, and Kd. =20 But recently I've been experimenting with what Phelan called PDF, and am in= trigued by it. There isn't a lot of information out there about it, but ne= arly everyone that's used it has good things to say. =20 The prob...

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What's the fastest periodic IRQ that you have ever run? We have one board with 12 isolated LPC1758 ARMs. Each gets interrupted by its on-chip...

What's the fastest periodic IRQ that you have ever run? We have one board with 12 isolated LPC1758 ARMs. Each gets interrupted by its on-chip ADC at 100 KHz and does a bunch of filtering and runs a PID loop, which outputs to the on-chip DAC. We cranked the CPU clock down some to save power, so the ISR runs for about 7 usec max. I ask because if I use a Pi Pico on some new projects, it has...

I am having a difficult problem on a current project so I was wondering if anyone could help. This is a project where I have to measure current...

I am having a difficult problem on a current project so I was wondering if anyone could help. This is a project where I have to measure current generated by a sample at high temperature inside a furnace. The current is in the picoamp-nanoamp range depending on temperature and I have been using a Keithley picoammeter. The furnace is controlled by a PID temp controller connected to

Hi I am trying to get my lab up to speed, so now I need a hot air soldering station Seen this...

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Garmin makes an "integrated" FM traffic info receiver for some models of GPS that allows connection to the car's AM/FM antenna. But not my model...

Garmin makes an "integrated" FM traffic info receiver for some models of GPS that allows connection to the car's AM/FM antenna. But not my model (Nuvi 660); I must use only the GTM20, a cigarette-lighter-powered model: Benefits of using the car's antenna are mostly stealth: the cord-that-is-the-antenna between the cigarette lighter (which w

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