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5 star rating

Intuitive and Practical

Ranya Badawi

Simone's explanation of PID control was very intuitive. This is a great starter course to gain a fundamental understanding and some practical knowledge of PID controllers. I highly recommend it. For future topics, I'd be interested in frequency re...

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Simone's explanation of PID control was very intuitive. This is a great starter course to gain a fundamental understanding and some practical knowledge of PID controllers. I highly recommend it. For future topics, I'd be interested in frequency response, transfer functions, Bode plots (including phase/gain margin), Nyquist plots, and stability.

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5 star rating

Very helpful and practical

Yoav Golan

I enjoyed this course very much. I learned a lot of practical knowledge in a short time. Simone is very clear and teaches well, thank you! In the future, I would be very interested if Simone added a course with more subjects, such as cascading co...

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I enjoyed this course very much. I learned a lot of practical knowledge in a short time. Simone is very clear and teaches well, thank you! In the future, I would be very interested if Simone added a course with more subjects, such as cascading controllers, rate limiting, and how the controllers look in actual code. Thanks again!

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5 star rating

Very good sharing of experience

Romy Domingo Bompart Ballache

I have background in control system for power electronics, I see every lesson very useful.

I have background in control system for power electronics, I see every lesson very useful.

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5 star rating

A different way to learn PID !

Michele De Palma

The teacher explains PID in a clear way adding his experience there where formulas alone cannot do much. Furthermore, each topic covered is included in a practical example to better fix ideas.

The teacher explains PID in a clear way adding his experience there where formulas alone cannot do much. Furthermore, each topic covered is included in a practical example to better fix ideas.

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5 star rating

Great course

Simone Angeloni

I recently took this course and found it to be excellent. Unlike what one learns in university, this course delved deeper into some intriguing aspects of working with PID controls that are not commonly explained. The author's teaching style is rem...

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I recently took this course and found it to be excellent. Unlike what one learns in university, this course delved deeper into some intriguing aspects of working with PID controls that are not commonly explained. The author's teaching style is remarkable, using simple language and a calm demeanor, which gave me ample time to understand and validate each concept thoroughly. I highly recommend this course to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of PID controls!

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4 star rating

Good course - A little short on content

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5 star rating

PID Review

Irfan Sami

A very informative course.

A very informative course.

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2 star rating

Interesting but nothing of "really" new

andrea grande

Interesting course, but according to my opinion, especially for students who recently graduated in engineering, is nothing of "really" new, it's not a cheap course for 3 hours of lessons that actually you can get for free on Youtube by Brian Dougl...

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Interesting course, but according to my opinion, especially for students who recently graduated in engineering, is nothing of "really" new, it's not a cheap course for 3 hours of lessons that actually you can get for free on Youtube by Brian Douglas with much more examples. I would have expected something more from 12 years of experience, in terms of contents and examples. I appreciated the effort but honestly I wouldn't buy it again. Maybe adding new contents in the future I will change my mind!

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Course curriculum

    1. Welcome

    1. 1.1 - The principle of feedback control

    2. 1.2 - The system

    3. 1.3 - Proportional (P) control

    4. 1.4 - Proportional + Integral (PI) control

    5. 1.5 - Proportional + Integral + Derivative (PID) control

    6. 1.6 - PID control - analysing the components

    1. 2.1 - What is discrete-time and why is it important

    2. 2.2 - Discrete-time PID - Implementation

    3. 2.3 - Discrete-time PID - Model and simulation

    4. 2.4 - Discrete-time PID - Model and simulation - more on sample time

    1. 3.1 - The problem - Integrator windup

    2. 3.2 - Anti-windup strategies - Back-calculation

    3. 3.3 - Anti-windup strategies - Integral clamping

    4. 3.4 - Anti-windup strategies - Comparison

    1. 4.1 - Traditional methods - Ziegler-Nichols - Principle

    2. 4.2 - Traditional methods - Ziegler-Nichols - Practice

    3. 4.3 - Manual tuning

    4. 4.4 - Manual tuning - anti-windup back-calculation gain

    1. Thank you!

About this course

  • 21 lessons
  • 3 hours of video content

What do I need to know to make the most out of the course?

  • Basic knowledge of system modelling via differential equations .
  • Basic knowledge of dynamic systems description via transfer functions in the continuous domain (Laplace). For example, F(s) = 1/(s+1) is a first-order low-pass filter.
  • Familiarity with block diagram environments used to design systems like Simulink, Xcos, Collimator, etc.
  • Basic knowledge of Z-transforms is helpful, but not essential.

Instructor

Simone Bertoni

Expert control engineer with:

  • BSc degree in Computer Engineering
  • MSc degree in Control Engineering
  • 12 years of work experience in Control Engineering, in particular:
    • Autonomous vehicles (drones, vessels) guidance, navigation and control
    • Automated gearbox control design and implementation
    • Fuel cell power systems and electrolysers control design and implementation
    • Management of ~10 control, software, electronics and electrical engineers