I’m notoriously good at overcomplicating things; however, I want to explain a bit of technology that I’m passionate about to a co worker operating in a d9fferent disciple of engineering. This tech involves them to know about control system gain.
How do I explain the concept well without using examples involving resistors or overshooting?
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‘Gain’ in a control system is simply the ratio between output and input.
In laymen’s terms, it’s the ‘amplification’ of the system.
Or you can look at it with basic physical models. If I have a lever that’s shorter on one side than the other, it forms a system where the distance moved by the shorter side has a ‘gain’ in distance on the longer side based on where the fulcrum is (the longer side moves further than the shorter side does).
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