PID, gosh...

[Jacek Radzikowski]

if you're interested in building drones, this is a great channel for
learning: https://www.youtube.com/@JoshuaBardwell

Jacek
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On Sun, 12 Oct 2025 at 15:17, Alex Fraser via Tacos <tacos at amrad.org> wrote:

> PIDtoolbox has a YouTube site,  I am viewing a video on that site which is
> at https://youtu.be/ehvQm8Rqrzk?si=XKyL3DGHzVwaT8hT
> There is a good bit to learn and lots of settings.  There is a script you
> can load on the controller to put the drone in "wiggle mode"  which is fun
> to watch.  You get the drone to hover and flick a switch and it sure does
> wiggle.  You land and then examine the graphs and adjust the parameters to
> smooth things out.  Sounds easy, well for some I guess, me I'll be slipping
> all over the learning curve...
>
> I think the PIDtoolbox is now part of the Betaflight configurator.  BTW it
> does not have any flux capacitors in it.
>
>
> On 10/10/2025 9:14 PM, Alex Fraser via Tacos wrote:
>
> Starting to get ready for Flight controller configuration.  I kept seeing
> "PID".  Well PID is "Proportional–Integral–Derivative controller" and I'm
> so glad they have software that can do this for you.
> Interesting Wikipedia article
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional%E2%80%93integral%E2%80%93derivative_controller
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