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[[Digital]] [[test]] [[controller]]s are devices (usually [[computer]] based) that provide [[motion control]] by processing digital signals. Typically a controller has inputs connected to [[sensors]] on the device they control, which measure the [[feedback]], its current state (for example the current position), and process this signal to provide an output to a hydraulical, electrical or other type of [[servomechanism]] control of the controlled device, with the aim of matching a control signal.

Image[[File:Digital Servo Controller.jpg|thumb|A modern digital test controller]]

A good example is an [[elevator]]. The control signal is the button selects the floor the passenger wants to go. The controller of the elevator looks at which floor the elevator currently is (current position), at the floor selected (by the button) and by comparing them to each other derives a signal to control a servo (either hydraulic or electric) that makes the elevator move until the right floor is reached.

[[Digital data|Digital]] [[Test method|test]] [[controller]]scontrollers are devices (usually [[computer]] based) that provide [[motion control]]<ref>{{cite book |last1= Ma |first1= Jun |last2= Li |first2= Xiaocong |last3= Tan |first3= Kok Kiong |date=2020 |chapter=1.1: Overview of Motion Control Systems |title= Advanced Optimization for Motion Control Systems|publisher= CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group |___location=United States|page=1 |isbn=978-1000037111}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=UWXMDwAAQBAJ], ''[[Google Books]]'' Retrieved April 30, 2020.</ref> by processing digital signals. Typically a controller has inputs connected to [[sensors]] on the device they control, which measure the [[feedback]], its current state (for example the current position), and process this signal to provide an output to a hydraulical, electrical or other type of [[servomechanism]] control of the controlled device, with the aim of matching a control signal.

A good example is an [[elevator]]. The control signal is the button selects the floor the passenger wants to go. The controller of the elevator looks at which floor the elevator currently is (current position), at the floor selected (by the button) and by comparing them to each other derives a signal to control a servo (either hydraulic or electric) that makes the elevator move until the right floor is reached.

In the older days test controllers were usually analog, but with the rapid developments in [[digital signal processing]] and computer technology, test controllers are almost exclusively digital devices. This offers many advantages, because it allows the user to execute all kinds of additional operations on the digital signals, in addition to the standard [[PID controller]].

In the older days test controllers were usually analog, but with the rapid developments in [[digital signal processing]] and computer technology, test controllers are almost exclusively digital devices. This offers many advantages, because it allows the user to execute all kinds of additional operations on the digital signals, in addition to the standard [[PID controller]]. Digital test controllers offered by [[Moog FCS|Moog]], provide novel advantages for this type of system control.

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Image:Digital Servo Controller.jpg|A modern digital test controller

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