Excuse my ignorance, but what does PID stand for?


Soon Lee wrote:

> Hi Dan
>
> I am tring to make a PID motor controller for my robot. Same as you i am
> using PWM to control the motor.What kind of driver are you using?
>
> regards
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dan Creagan <dcreagan@SCHOLARS.BELLEVUE.EDU>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 12:25 AM
> Subject: Re: PID control using PIC
>
> > I use the 16F876 (and 16F873 and 16C73A)  on robot drive motors. The PWM
> > outputs are useful for controlling the motors.  What kind  of PID control
> > are you wanting to do?
> >
> > There is a simple hookup of a single channel (one motor) at
> > http://204.233.101.40/robots/mogotut/simplemotor.htm that might help.
> There
> > are some links on there that describe how to make a more complete PID, and
> > there is software for a simple (proportional gain only) feedback for the
> > motor experiment.  The code is in Pic Basic Pro - but could be converted
> to
> > about any language fairly easily (which is why I chose PBP).
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > > Hello Everyone
> > >
> > > I am wondering whether it is possible to have PID control using 16F84 or
> > > 16F876. And where can I find the source code , Thanks