Response, overshoot and settling
22 min · IntermediateUnderstand the concept
A control response may rise quickly yet overshoot or oscillate. Settling time, steady-state error and overshoot describe behavior. Tuning involves tradeoffs, not one universal best setting.
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Your exercise
Sketch a response that overshoots and another that settles slowly, then write which is appropriate for a fragile payload.
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Knowledge check
What is overshoot?
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