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Hovering a Ping-Pong Ball: A Demonstration Setup for Teaching PID Control

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Christoph G. Salzmann; Sophia M. Vecchi Marsh; Jinjie Li; Luca Slater – Journal of Chemical Education, 2025

Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controllers are essential in ensuring the stability and efficiency of numerous scientific, industrial, and medical processes. However, teaching the principles of PID control can be challenging, especially when the introduction focuses on the underlying mathematical framework. To address this, we developed the…

Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Demonstrations (Educational)