PID Control - A brief introduction

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In this video, I introduce the topic of PID control. This is a short introduction design to prepare you for the next few lectures where I will go through several examples of PID control. This video explains why we need feedback control and how PID controller are simple and efficient ways to ensure you have a feed back system that meets your requirements.
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PID: "A proportional-integral-derivative controller is a control loop mechanism employing feedback that is widely used in industrial control systems and a variety of other applications requiring continuously modulated control." What's the simplest or most easily understood example?

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Hi Bassam, thanks for watching and for your comment. I will cover Nyquist plots within a month or two. I hope you continue to watch in the mean time.

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