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Nominal PID Constants for the Newport 350B Temperature Controller

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Nominal PID Constants for the Newport 350B Temperature Controller

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When setting PID constants for a temperature controller, various combinations of values can be used to optimize performance for a given application. The major factors considered during PID control loop optimization are the overshoot and undershoot, time to setpoint, stability, and temperature range. For every application a different subset of these factors will be most important. Discussions of how to achieve high stability and how to adjust or eliminate overshoot and undershoot already exist in ILX Lightwave Application Notes #38 Achieving Millikelvin Temperature Stability and #20 PID Control Loops in Thermoelectric Temperature Controllers. In this technical note a discussion of a flexible set of PID constants that offers a quick time to stability over a wide temperature range is found for the Newport 350B Thermoelectric Temperature Controller.

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