It's been pointed out that I have committed the sin of using undefined jargon. For the record, PID stands for Proportional Integral Derivative.
PID is a ubiquitous type of feedback controller, mostly thanks to being conceptually quite simple. The input is an error signal (or a measurement and setpoint signal) of some process under control. The PID controller applies 3 types of feedback: P - proportional, in which the control output is proportional to the error signal. I - integral, in which the control output is proportion to the time-integral of the error signal. D - derivative, in which the control output is proportional to the time-derivative of the error signal. These three terms are added together to produce the control output. By the right selection ("tuning") of the 3 gain values, stable feedback control of a wide variety of processes is possible. _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio