Tim Wescott (@Tim Wescott)

Tim Wescott is the owner of Wescott Design Services. He specializes in pragmatic methods to apply control theory to embedded systems projects. Mr. Wescott teaches and consults in the area of control systems, with occasional digressions into communications systems. He is the author of Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems, plus numerous magazine and on-line articles.

Stability or insanity

Tim Wescott ● May 17, 2016●1 comment

I've just spent over two weeks getting ready to do my next video.  It was a combination of one of those vast underestimations one occasionally makes, combined with falling into a bit of an obsession.

I am, at this point, not only wondering if it was worth it, but questioning my sanity in carrying on even when the going went beyond tough to just plain crazy.

At any rate, a good video needs a visual aid, and I decided that my video needed to demonstrate stability with a pendulum....

PID Without a PhD

Tim Wescott ● April 26, 2016●12 comments

I both consult and teach in the area of digital control. Through both of these efforts, I have found that while there certainly are control problems that require all the expertise I can bring to bear, there are a great number of control problems that can be solved with the most basic knowledge of simple controllers, without resort to any formal control theory at all.

This article will tell you how to implement a simple controller in software and how to tune it without getting into heavy...