Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) for Speed Control of DC Motor

Abstract

The Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control is a control strategy that has been successfully used over many years. Simplicity, a wide range of applicability and near-optimal performance are some of the reasons that have made PID control so popular in the academic researches and industry applications. In this research a brief summary of PID theory is given, then some of the most used PID controller tuning methods are discussed, model of using PID to control speed of direct current motor studied with detailing because it is one of the most common actuator used in the control system. Model has been simulated by using MATLAB/SIMULINK. Simulation results have been presented.