Course Description

Keeping modern industrial automated systems under control can require high-level calculations and decisions. The controller is the component in a feedback loop that makes the calculations and decisions.

By the end of this course, you will be able to

• Identify the purpose of the controller in an automatic control system

• Understand the differences between proportional, integral, and derivative controls

• Identify the major types of PID controllers

• Define loop tuning

• Identify the major methods of loop tuning

Estimated completion time (hours): 1.5