PID control using wireless measurements

Abstract

This paper presents a wireless PID controller, known as PIDPlus. The same quality control as wired PID can be provided by PIDPlus using a wireless measurement, despite slower wireless measurement update and communication interruptions. The PIDPlus novel algorithm is based on a modification of the PID reset and rate calculation to account for non-periodic measurement updates. The paper presents and evaluates an alternate approach of PID control accounting for non-periodic measurements with a Kalman filter observer that has been modified for use with a wireless measurement. A second alternative shows how the Smith Predictor may be modified to work with a wireless measurement. Test results are presented that compare the PIDPlus performance to that achieved using these alternate approaches for a variety of operating conditions that may be encountered when using wireless transmitters.