wimvb wrote: PID control loops can start oscillating if the parameters aren't set properly. You wouldn't want that to happen to your mount. That's why derivative gain in lin_guider wasn't used. But if I remember correctly, integrating gain is used.

I'm a bit puzzled. As far as I can understand from the wikipedia page the integrative gain amplifies the oscillations and the derivative gain is the one that is smoothing the oscillations. Am I getting this wrong ?

Take a look at this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PID_controller#/me...nsation_Animated.gif

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