understandable physical meaning, as they represent an integration time and a derivative time respectively. is the time constant with which the controller will attempt to approach the set point. determines how long the controller will tolerate the output being consistently above or below the set point.

where

: is the integration time constant, and

: is the derivative time constant.

Selective use of control terms

Although a PID controller has three control terms, some applications need only

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