A control loop is a collection on instruments and control algorithms arranged in such a fashion as to regulate a variable at a setpoint or reference value. The loop part of the name refers to the fact that most control loops make use of feedback in a continuous loop. These are referred to as closed loop control. There is also open-loop controller that does not directly make use of feedback. The most common control loop uses a PID controller.
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