> Greetings;
> 
> Some things in the man 9 pid page are too well hidden in the 
> mathematical "jargon".
> 
> So can we clarify a few things?
> 
> like:
>  pid.N.command-deriv float in
>               The derivative of the desired (commanded) value for the 
> control loop.  If no signal is connected then the derivative will be 
> estimated numerically.
> 
> What for instance, would/should be connected here, and what would be the 
> desired result of such a connection?  And in this context, what is a 
> derivative?

Derivative is how fast the signal change. It may be estimated numerically by 
using the difference between different values but resolution might be a problem 
but it might be it's available by measurement.

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