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Industrial automation · manufacturing · OT — updated 2026-09-21

PID loop

The standard feedback control algorithm.

Proportional-integral-derivative control: the workhorse feedback algorithm adjusting an output from the error between setpoint and measurement. Tuning (manual, Ziegler–Nichols, or software-assisted) decides stability and response.

See also: PLC · DCS

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