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Understanding Control Systems Basics

A control system manages and regulates the behavior of other devices or systems, ranging from home heating controllers to large industrial control systems used to control processes and machines. Most common feedback control systems aim to control a process or "plant" so its output follows a control signal, whether fixed or changing. The control system compares the plant's output to the control signal and applies any difference as an error signal to adjust the plant's output to match the control signal.

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Understanding Control Systems Basics

A control system manages and regulates the behavior of other devices or systems, ranging from home heating controllers to large industrial control systems used to control processes and machines. Most common feedback control systems aim to control a process or "plant" so its output follows a control signal, whether fixed or changing. The control system compares the plant's output to the control signal and applies any difference as an error signal to adjust the plant's output to match the control signal.

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A control system manages, commands, directs or regulates the behaviour of other devices or

systems. It can range from a home heating controller using a thermostat controlling a domestic boiler
to large Industrial control systems which are used for controlling processes or machines.
In the most common form, the feedback control system it is desired to control a process, called
the plant, so its output follows a control signal, which may be a fixed or changing value. The control
system compares the output of the plant to the control signal, and applies the difference as an error
signal to bring the output of the plant closer to the control signal.

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