Introduction

Introduction#

Welcome to the interactive PID control course* from UT Austin! This isn’t just another set of lecture notes—it’s a complete hands-on learning laboratory where you’ll master PID control through live coding, real-time experiments, and interactive problem-solving.

🎓 What You’ll Learn#

By the end of this interactive course, you’ll be able to:

  • ✅ Design and implement discrete-time PID controllers in Python

  • ✅ Understand intuitively how P, I, D components affect system behavior

  • ✅ Apply professional tuning methods (Ziegler-Nichols, manual tuning)

  • ✅ Handle real-world challenges like saturation, noise, and disturbances

  • ✅ Analyze performance with quantitative metrics (rise time, overshoot, settling time)

💡 Bonus: You can also download the original PDF version: PID lecture (PDF)

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