An Introductory on

MATLAB

Sreeram Raghavendra
 Introduction to
MATLAB
What can you gain from the course ?
Know what MATLAB is
Know how to get started with MATLAB
Know basics of MATLAB
MATLAB – MATrix LABoratory
 Matlab is a mathematical software package which is extensively used
in academia and industry.
 Matlab is a software package which can be used to perform analysis
and solve mathematical and engineering problems.
 It is one of the leading scientific and technical computing software,
used by over 100000…. engineers and scientists in more than 100
countries.
 It is used by more than 5000 universities across the globe.
 It was developed by a Cleve Moler, a Professor of Mathematics and
computer science in 1970’s to help students learn linear algebra.
 It was later marketed and further developed under MathWorks Inc.
www.mathworks.com
 Cleve Moler and Jack little founded the Mathworks Inc in 1984.
 Over the last two decades, Matlab has evolved into much powerful and
versatile package, useful for a wide variety of acdemic, research and
industrial applications.
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 Why MATLAB
 As a matrix based system, it is a great tool for simulation and data
analysis.
 It is a simple, powerful and easy to learn programming language
as it provides extensive online help.
 Unlike other high-level programming languages like FORTRAN,
C, C# etc., it doesn’t require any variable declaration and
dimension statements at the beginning.
 It has thousand of powerful built-in functions for scientific and
technical computation, and hence the MATLAB programs,
written for solving complex problems, take a fraction of time and
look very small, in general, when compared to the codes written
using other high level languages
 It also enables the users to write their own functions for easy
customization.
 Why MATLAB
 As a matrix based system, it is a great tool for simulation and data
analysis.
 It is a simple, powerful and easy to learn programming language
as it provides extensive online help.
 Unlike other high-level programming languages like FORTRAN,
C, C# etc., it doesn’t require any variable declaration and
dimension statements at the beginning.
 It has thousand of powerful built-in functions for scientific and
technical computation, and hence the MATLAB programs,
written for solving complex problems, take a fraction of time and
look very small, in general, when compared to the codes written
using other high level languages
 It also enables the users to write their own functions for easy
customization.
 Why MATLAB
 It is an interpreted language and hence we can execute the
commands by typing them at the command prompt one by one
and see the results immediately. This feature enables the users to
correct the errors, if any, then and there in each statement.
 Since MATLAB uses matrix notation, it replaces several ‘for’
loops which are usually found in C type of codes.
 MATLAB is excellent and very powerful for two and three
dimensional graphics and animation.
 MATLAB is compatible with most operating systems such as
Windows, Sun Solaris, Linux etc.
 MATLAB is an indispensible GRAPHICAL USER
INTERFACE(GUI) tool, especially for ECE graduates, as they
can use it for understanding of concepts in seceral prescribed basic
and advanced subjects such as –Mathematics, S and S, PTSP,
Control Systems, ACS, DSP, VLSI Design, DCS, DIP,WC.
Embedde systems, etc.
 Why MATLAB
 It provides several optional ‘tool boxes’ such as Statistics toolbox,
Control systerms toolbox, Neural networks tool box, Symbolic
Math toolbox, Signal processing toolbox, etc. which are extremely
useful for specific applications. Each toolbox provides a set of
functions written for a specific application.
 Majority of the Under-graduate and post –graduate projects , in a
wide variety of subjects, can be done using MATLAB.
MATLAB pricing
Free version
 Starting MATLAB on Windows Platforms
Select MATLAB Icon
On Microsoft® Windows® platforms, double-click the MATLAB
icon . The term Release refers to your MATLAB release
number; for example, R2017a.
Installer shortcut on your Windows desktop — Double-click the
MATLAB icon .
Windows 10 systems — Start > All apps > MATLAB Release
Windows 8 systems — On the Start screen or the desktop,
click MATLAB Release.
Windows 7 systems — If you chose to have the installer put a
shortcut to the MATLAB program on the Windows Start menu,
then select Start > MATLAB Release
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