KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
COURSE UNIT: CONTROL SYSTEMS
YEAR: II
COURSE CODE: TEEE 2205
LECTURER: GERTRUDE KISITU
ASSIGNMENT ABOUT: DETERMINATION OF STEP AND IMPULSE RESPONSE FOR A
FIRST AND SECOND ORDER UNITY FEEDBACK SYSTEM
NAME REG NUMBER
SENYOMO MISACH MATTHEW 23/U/BEL/321/GV
ALITO ELVIS SILVESTER 23/U/BEL/033/GV
OPIO SOLOMON OKAKA 23/U/BEL/307/GV
NABWIRE WINFRED 24/U/BEL/1370/PD
MWESIGWA ISAAC 23/U/BEL/2238/PD
1. Objective
The objectives of this lab experiment are:
1. To determine the step response of first- and second-order systems.
2. To determine the impulse response of first- and second-order systems.
2. Materials Used
• Working PC/Laptop
• MATLAB Software
• Pen and Notebook
Question One
i. Step and impulse response of the following systems with unity feedback connection.
ii. step response of a unity feedback system having forward path transfer function
iii. step response of a unity feedback system having forward path transfer function
Question Two
a) plot the response of the system when R(S) is a unit impulse and unit step for the parameters
Z = 4, 10 and 12
b) Determine the transfer function using MATLAB from the block diagram as shown below,
obtain the impulse, and step responses of the system.
ii
Iii
Results and Discussion
From the MATLAB simulations, the following observations were made:
• The first-order system exhibited an exponential approach to steady-state.
• The second-order system displayed oscillations depending on damping.
• Increasing led to faster responses but increased overshoot.
• Higher values of modified system dynamics by affecting stability and settling time.
Conclusion
The experiment successfully demonstrated the step and impulse responses of first- and second-
order systems. MATLAB proved to be an efficient tool for analyzing system dynamics, confirming
theoretical expectations.