PID Controllers Courses and Certifications

Steve Brunton

Control Bootcamp - Cruise Control Example with Proportional-Integral Control

Use PI control in a cruise-control example to eliminate steady-state tracking error with a more sophisticated automobile model.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Digi-Key

How to Tune a PID Controller for an Inverted Pendulum

Manually tune a PID controller to keep an inverted pendulum upright, using an Arduino and a Python program to run the feedback loop.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Digi-Key

What Is a PID Controller?

See how proportional, integral, and derivative terms use feedback to keep a car at its cruise speed, with a pseudocode example.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

JuliaHub

Automatic Tuning of PID Controllers using JuliaSim

Discover how to develop acausal models of suspension systems and automatically tune PID controllers using JuliaSim's cloud platform, combining graphical modeling with in-depth coding capabilities.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Mastering Control Systems Engineering with Python

Join us now to unlock Control Systems with Python! Excel in design, simulation, and analysis for diverse industrial applications.

• OpenLearning
• 20 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to process control and instrumentation

3887 ratings at Udemy

Learn how process control is ensured in process industries & how the main instruments measure the key process variables

• Udemy
• 3 hours 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Sensor Manufacturing and Process Control

323 ratings at Coursera

Learn how sensors are characterized, linearized, temperature-compensated and calibrated, tune a PID loop on a PSoC kit, and explore MEMS manufacturing, radar and LIDAR sensors.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 11 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Applied Control Systems 1: autonomous cars: Math + PID + MPC

2015 ratings at Udemy

Modeling + state space systems + PID + Model Predictive Control + Python simulation: lateral control for autonomous cars

• Udemy
• 17 hours 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Allen Bradley PLC Training - RSLogix 5000 Series

1439 ratings at Udemy

This course will give a person with no experience learn PLC programming from scratch using RSLogix 5000 and Studio 5000.

• Udemy
• 21 hours 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Advanced Programming, Control, and Monitoring Systems

Program PLC logic in SCL for liquid level control and weight-based sorting, configure PI and PID control, set up HMI alarms, and build function blocks in TIA Portal.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Advanced Programming with Ladder, FBD & Structured Text

Master advanced PLC programming: manipulate strings and data in ladder logic, build reusable function blocks, write Structured Text loops and CASE statements, and tune PID control.

• Coursera
• 11 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

MathWorks

Control Design Onramp with Simulink

3 ratings

Get started quickly with the basics of feedback control design in Simulink.

• MATLAB Academy
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Building Robots: Electrical Drives

Learn the fundamentals of electrical drives, including hardware and control systems, and how to implement and control a DC drive in robotic applications.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

PID Feedback Control - Chapter 23

Discover practical PID feedback control fundamentals with minimal math, covering basic algorithms, variants, and empirical tuning methods for real-world applications.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

IIT Madras;  NPTEL

Control systems

Analyze dynamic systems and design classical feedback controllers using transfer functions, stability criteria, root locus, Bode/Nyquist plots, and PID methods.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course