Experimental Teaching of Digital PID Controllers

PID controllers are a fundamental building block of industrial control systems. In this paper we present a simple demonstrator that can be assembled using basic electronic components and an Arduino UNO development board as plant and digital controller, respectively. The complete system can be easily built using components that are often available in a basic electronic lab, avoiding mechanical or electromechanical systems. The proposed system is open and flexible, allowing the study of digital PID control systems and the experimental evaluation of different tuning methods.