PID

Vicep3

* Abilene *

• Joined: August 17th, 2014, 9:04 am
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PID

Does the YS 640 use a PID controller? What is a PID controller? If the YS 640 does not use a PID controller what are the pros and cons of not using one versus using one? I'm just curious.

Conumdrum

* Kingman *

• Joined: September 3rd, 2014, 11:04 pm
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Re: PID

This is a PID controller. WIKI is wonderful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PID_controller

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Yoder_Herb

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Re: PID

The Yoder controller is far more advanced than a PID controller.

Yoder does not use a PID. Our team designed our board from scratch around a microcontroller chip and have written our own code from the ground up in order to have the most flexibility possible. We have 1,000’s of hours of testing that have gone into honing the firmware to deliver great accuracy and to handle sudden changes in the pit environment such as extended door openings, the introduction of large cuts of cold meat, environment changes from below 0 degrees to over 100-degrees Fahrenheit and so on. The PID control is far less agile than a microprocessor control, we’re not sure why manufacturers are choosing this type of controller, except that they do not need a staff programmer to write the firmware.