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From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: PID tuning.
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:48:22 -0400
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On 10/14/2013 5:03 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Renato Barbosa Pim Pereira <renato.barbosa.pim.pereira@gmail.com>
> writes:
>
>> I am looking for some software for PID tuning that would take the
>> result of a step response, and calculates Td, Ti, Kp, any suggestion
>> or hint of where to start?, thanks.
>
> Is this related to Python? What is =E2=80=9CPID tuning=E2=80=9D,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PID_controller
"A proportional-integral-derivative controller (PID controller) is a=20
generic control loop feedback mechanism (controller) widely used in=20
industrial control systems. "

There are three tuning constants, and they are now usually tuned with=20
various algorithms instead of entirely by hand. Following Ian's=20
suggestion shows that Python is one of the languages used for such=20
algorithms.

> and what have you tried already?

Renato should have searched first as a search now is a bit contaminated=20
by multiple hits for the post here and on mirrors ;-).

--=20
Terry Jan Reedy