The job of a typical control system is to maintain something that is variable or changeable in a prescribed state. They are used in automobiles, factories, homes and businesses, and are found in equipment used by any industry you can name. Introduction Control systems can be found almost anywhere you look. The paper will provide details about the data acquisition unit, shows the implementation of the controller, and present test results. A proportional, integral, and derivative controller is implemented using LabVIEW. The system consists of a PC-based data acquisition unit that provides input and output interfaces between the PC and the sensor circuit and hardware. This paper describes the design and development of a feedback control system that maintains the temperature of a process at a desired set point. 1 Implementing PID Temperature Control Using LabVIEW Carlton Prewit, Rafic Bachnak Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Session XXXX Abstract Feedback control is used by industry to regulate and improve responses and results of a variety of processes and systems.
