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1ThermalControllers and FanControllers are derived objects from a common PID
2Controller object.  The design implemented in this structure is a facsimile of
3what was published in the Chrome OS source.
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5One has any number of ThermalControllers that run through a PID step to
6generate a set-point RPM to reach its thermal set-point.  The maximum ouput
7from the set of ThermalControllers is taken as the input to all the
8FanController PID loops.
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10Each group of these controllers is managed within a zone.  A PIDZone object
11helps manage them by providing a sensor value cache and overall execution.
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