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Double PID Loop?
	
	
		I have a motor with encoder and am servicing the PID loop at regular intervals continuosly.
To get a more accurate regulation, I wish to take the last 8 samples and compare them to an 8 times oversampled result on top of the instantanous single sample.
Example:-
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Sample11   PID Error11 + PID Error [4-11]
Sample12   PID Error12 + PID Error [5-12]
Sample13   PID Error13 + PID Error [6-13]
Sample14   PID Error14 + PID Error [7-14]
Sample15   PID Error15 + PID Error [8-15]
Sample16   PID Error16 + PID Error [9-16]
Sample17   PID Error17 + PID Error [10-17]
Sample18   PID Error18 + PID Error [11-18]
Sample19   PID Error19 + PID Error [12-19]
Sample20   PID Error20 + PID Error [13-20]
Sample21   PID Error21 + PID Error [14-21]
Sample22   PID Error22 + PID Error [15-22]
...
'Coding Example
ERROR = SETPOINT_1 - FEEDBACK_1 + SETPOINT_8 - FEEDBACK_8
PID_P = (ABS ERROR) */ PID_Kp
  etc
Can you see any reason why this wouldn't work?
Tim.