Design of event-based PI-P controllers using interactive tools

In the field of event-based control, the tuning and synthesis of controllers represent a challenging task where the lack of specific computer-aided design tools makes very difficult the consolidation of emerging approaches. Under this scenario, it recently proposed the PI-P control strategy, a promising alternative which provides the designer with a practical design and an intuitive tuning methodology. This work addresses the design task of PI-P event-based controllers through the use of interactive tools. To this aim, first, a new interactive tool is provided. The tool is the result of implementing the theoretical developments of previous researches with the aim of consolidating the strategy. Second, the tool is used to analyze in detail the design paradigm through their main trade-offs between performance and robustness. The usefulness of analyses developed is experimentally demonstrated through several meaningful designs for typical industrial examples. •The design of event-based PI-P controllers is extensively explored.•An interactive tool focused on the design of PI-P controllers is provided.•Numerous degrees of freedom for understanding the theoretical concepts are introduced.•Meaningful tuning guidelines to cover a wide range of control situations are given.•Illustrative real designs focusing on typical industrial dynamics are carried out.