11-05-2013 11:21 AM
Hello all,
I am trying to do a PID control for a throttle body (using pulse width modulation) for a set value of feedback voltage. The process variable is the pulse width duty cycle. The throttle body is expected to be fully open at a feedback voltage of 5V and pulse width duty cycle of 42.5%. When I use the highlight execution using the attached file, I can see the throttle body fully open (the values observed are: PID output 42.5 %, feedback voltage approximately 4.7V). However, when the highlight execution is unclicked, the throttle body flutters in the closed condition (still PID output 42.5%, feedback voltage approximately 0.9 V). Can any one please help by suggesting any modification to this attached file to make this throttle body respond to the set value of feedback voltage.
Many thanks
Ajith
11-05-2013 03:17 PM
How did you determine your P, I, and D gains? If you have not tuned your controller, you'll get poor performance. Running with execution highlighting will slow down the execution, which will change the effect of the gains. I would start with pure proportional control (I and D = 0) with a small proportional gain, and see if it responds in approximately the way you want. If so, then your code is probably correct, and you just need to do a full tuning to get good performance. There are many resources available on the web, on this forum and elsewhere, for PID tuning. Note that since your code uses a simple PID example, and not the one from the PID toolkit, the gains do not have the units that are used in many tutorials so you'll have to correct the calculations to compensate.