SciML / SciML/ModelingToolkitStandardLibrary.jl

PID in Blocks not able to accept symbolic parameters

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Description

The following code gives ERROR: TypeError: non-boolean (Num) used in boolean context

using ModelingToolkit
using ModelingToolkitStandardLibrary.Blocks

@parameters k = 3 Ti = 0.5 Td = 1 / 100
@named pid_controller = PID(;k, Ti, Td)

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Research direction

Start by running the Julia example from the issue and inspect the PID constructor and its parameter handling in ModelingToolkitStandardLibrary.Blocks. The work is done when symbolic k, Ti, and Td values are accepted without the reported TypeError.

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Tech stack
julia
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backend
Issue type
Bug
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