In automatic control, a regulator is a device which has the function of maintaining a designated characteristic. It performs the activity of managing or...

A voltage regulator is a system designed to automatically maintain a constant voltage. It may use a simple feed-forward design or may include negative...

John C. (1978). "Guaranteed Margins for LQG Regulators" (PDF). IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 23 (4): 756–757. doi:10.1109/TAC.1978.1101812...

Look up regulator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Regulator may refer to: Regulator (automatic control), a device that maintains a designated characteristic...

Cruise control (also known as speed control, cruise command, autocruise, or tempomat) is a system that automatically controls the speed of an automobile...

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for automatic control systems including temperature regulators (invented in 1624; see Cornelius Drebbel), pressure regulators (1681), float regulators (1700)...

A low-dropout regulator (LDO regulator) is a type of a DC linear voltage regulator circuit that can operate even when the supply voltage is very close...

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is a type of advanced driver-assistance system for road vehicles that automatically adjusts the vehicle speed to maintain...

A diving regulator or underwater diving regulator is a pressure regulator that controls the pressure of breathing gas for underwater diving. The most commonly...

pressure regulator is a valve that controls the pressure of a fluid to a desired value, using negative feedback from the controlled pressure. Regulators are...

controls for the audio/navigation/phone system. In addition, the 5-speed automatic transmission introduced +/- gate positions for semi-manual control...

a feedback-based control loop mechanism commonly used to manage machines and processes that require continuous control and automatic adjustment. It is...

control). Open-loop flow control incorporates two controls; the controller and a regulator. The regulator is able to alter the input variable in response...

error-controlled regulation using negative feedback for automatic control. A setpoint can be any physical quantity or parameter that a control system...

examples of open-loop control. Milestones among feedback, or "closed-loop" automatic control devices, include the temperature regulator of a furnace attributed...

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his Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company. In 1927 the Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company, then a manufacturer of automatic controls for coal-fired furnaces...

direct control of flow rate and the consequential control of process quantities such as pressure, temperature, and liquid level. In automatic control terminology...

differing from a linear–quadratic regulator (LQR). Also MPC has the ability to anticipate future events and can take control actions accordingly. PID controllers...

typically 21,000–31,000 kPa (3,000–4,500 psi). Output is controlled with an attached regulator, regulating the pressure between 1,700 kPa (250 psi) and...

linear–quadratic regulator (LQR). The separation principle states that the state estimator and the state feedback can be designed independently. LQG control applies...

free-flow and demand regulators use mechanical feedback of the downstream pressure to control the opening of a valve which controls gas flow from the upstream...

Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) is an aviation surveillance technology and form of electronic conspicuity in which an aircraft determines...

are designed via control engineering process. For continuously modulated control, a feedback controller is used to automatically control a process or operation...

linear regulators, the waste heat that is produced will be roughly P = (Vin - Vout) Iout. Pulse-width modulation (PWM) is a common method of controlling computer...

Phase-Angle regulator, however with the DC bus isolating the two side, the STATCOM can control the shunt voltage or the SSSC can control line impedance...

Predictive Control of Uncertain Constrained Nonlinear Systems: Recursive Feasibility and Input-to-State Stability Analysis". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control...

The M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), formally the Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249, is the United States Armed Forces adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi...

of the use of negative feedback control is the ballcock control of water level (see diagram), or a pressure regulator. In modern engineering, negative...