I have built an in house automated optical fiber manufacturing system with accurate temperature and product quality control using four Arduino boards.

PID controller with automatic AC phase control for an application requiring constant temperature (working with and recording through Labview used Code 3) Watch the video here Arduino and Labview for a constant temperature application - YouTube.

Light dimmer and Breathing light – using Arduino and Labview for AC phase control (External system version used Code 2) Watch the video here Light dimmer and breathing light - using Arduino board and Labview - YouTube.

Breathing light – using Arduino for AC phase control without working with Labview (Standalone version used Code 1) Watch the video here Breathing light - using Arduino board - YouTube.

Three videos were recorded for demonstrating effects from my work: Details can be found in section 3 for code. But my work emphasizes the PID control through incorporating AC phase control. It needs to be noted that you may find other work also providing AC phase control. Detailed introduction about this project, circuits and code information are given after that.

To demonstrate the effects, three videos will be provided first. This is a project of using Arduino with/without Labview to realize PID control through manipulating AC phase for power supply. So you can control and monitor the system with a compact and smart phone, not a bulky computer with Labview!!!. The things, which I want to improve in future, are upgrading my arduino board, building wireless (xbee) network between arduinos and iOS device, and developing a graphic user interface (GUI) on iOS devices. Or just let me know how you enjoy or think of this project. ( my paypal account: arduinofunding at ) So I can share more Arduino applications in future. If you like or get help from this project, you can support me.

A pid controller in labview