PID Tuning with Actuator Constraints

Open the pidtune_demo model using the command below and run the simulation. The simulation produces an unoptimized step response and the initial data for optimization.

open_system('pidtune_demo')

Double-click the Scope block to view the unoptimized step response.

Double-click the Output Constraint block to view constraints on the plant response, including rise time, settling time and maximum overshoot.

Double-click the Actuator Constraint block to view constraints on the actuator signal of the controller.

You can launch the Response Optimizer using the Apps menu in the Simulink toolstrip, or the sdotool command in MATLAB®. You can launch a pre-configured optimization task in the Response Optimizer by first opening the model and by double-clicking on the orange block at the bottom of the model. From the Response Optimizer, press the Plot Model Response button to simulate the model and show how well the initial design satisfies the design requirements.

We start the optimization by pressing the Optimize button from the Response Optimizer. The plots are updated to indicate that the design requirements are now satisfied.