This document discusses the components and functions of a PID controller. A PID controller uses proportional, integral and derivative actions to control process variables.
The proportional action reduces rise time but not steady state error. The integral action eliminates steady state error for constant inputs but slows transient response. The derivative action increases stability, reduces overshoot, and improves transient response.
Combining all three actions allows a PID controller to control processes very well without overshoot or undershoot, reaching the setpoint directly. Each parameter (Kp, Ki, Kd) affects the response, speed of response, overshoot and steady state error differently. PID controllers are widely used in industrial control systems to control variables precisely.