Application notes Archives

PID Controllers: Frequency-Domain Models & Applications

Part 6: PID controllers. Understanding PID parameters and modeling digital PID controller instrumentation

Featuring: PID Controller

Understanding actuator saturation in control systems

Part 5: Troubleshooting the effects of saturation over a wide range of frequencies

Featuring: PID Controller, Laser Lock Box

Loop shaping: frequency domain tuning

Part 4: Learn to tune the controller transfer function to modify an open-loop transfer function

Featuring: PID Controller, Frequency Response Analyzer

Stability and delays: assessing stability in feedback control loops

Part 3: Perform frequency domain analysis of control loops to understand stability and delays.

Featuring: PID Controller

Feedback control: constructing feedback control loops

Part 2: Perform frequency domain analysis of control loops to understand stability and delays.

Featuring: PID Controller

Frequency-domain control: defining a transfer function

Part 1: Perform frequency domain analysis of control loops to understand stability and delays.

Featuring: PID Controller

Frequency-domain control: The ultimate guide to feedback and control loops

Featuring: PID Controller

Understanding jitter and interpolation with a Time & Frequency Analyzer

Learn why jitter affects the accuracy of time measurements, and how to mitigate it with linear interpolation

Featuring: Time & Frequency Analyzer, Moku:Pro

Understanding noise floor and bandwidth in precision instruments

Analyze quantization noise and noise bandwidth with the Moku Lock-in Amplifier and Oscilloscope

Featuring: Moku:Pro, Oscilloscope, Lock-in Amplifier