In this paper, an unifying design algorithm is presented for efficient digital implementation of continuous PID controller using general discrete orthogonal functions. The proposed algorithm is an algebraic method to determine controller parameters, which can unify controller design procedures divided into three ways. A set of linear equations for the controller design are derived from simple algebraic transformation based on general discrete orthogonal functions. By solving these equations, all of the controller parameters can be determined directly and simultaneously, which thus makes the design procedure systematic and straightforward. It does not involve any trial and error procedure, hence the difficulty of conventional approach can be avoided. The simulation results and discussions are given to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method.