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Uncommon card · Science
Bang–bang control, an Uncommon card
In control theory, a bang–bang controller, is a feedback controller that switches abruptly between two states.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 17
- Power
- 67
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 33,000
Power 67 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Bang–bang control quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bang–bang control card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Most common residential ______ are bang–bang controllers.
Answer
thermostats. Most common residential thermostats are bang–bang controllers. From the Bang–bang control article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Bang–bang control. Bang–bang control 33,000 · Leapfrog 19,000 · Lymington River Reedbeds 150 · Subpsoromic acid 120 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- These controllers may be realized in terms of any element that provides hysteresis.
- They are often used to control a plant that accepts a binary input, for example a furnace that is either completely on or completely off.
- Most common residential thermostats are bang–bang controllers.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bang–bang control article was read about 33,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 17: each hit it takes is cut by 7 %.
How to get Bang–bang control
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- Mickey FinnUncommon · Arts · ATK 49 DEF 18
- WastewaterUncommon · Science · ATK 48 DEF 19
- Taurus Model 82Uncommon · History · ATK 43 DEF 24
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bang–bang control (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tetris L, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
