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There will be online matlab class @https://www.nairaland.com/1842325/nl-online-matlab-workshop. Our instructor, hupernikao, a seasoned instructor and has over 10 years in the act and application of matlab in oil and gas industries, medicine, sciences and what not. This online class is FREE of charge. To participate, just click on the lick above and drop your gmail. This is perhaps to enable every participants get study materials and submission of assignment as the lecture unfold. Please hurry to actually drop your gmail to the above link. Signed: class captain (ejihand1).

Please for those interested in this matlab class can join us @https://www.nairaland.com/1842325/nl-online-matlab-workshop. That's where further discussion will he be held on matlab. Our instructor , hupernikao, will join us soon. But we must exercise some patience please. Go in to the link above and drop your gmail for heart to heart discussion between us and our instructor. Thanks.

Matlab tool boxes like simbiology, statistics, control design etc. Where can we see it and buy it. I have searched around abakaliki where I live what I often see is the matlab software itself. Please,anyone with clue where I can buy some of these tool boxes?

Let me quickly catch seat at the front row before people hijack all the front row seats. Uzoexcel, let me not see you occupying any seat in the front. After all you initially said you go de observe as the lecture proceed. Lol.

hupernikao: Ok. we can structure d classes to introduce participants to selected application areas which they can build on afterwards.

Good. I am in . Again, sir, is those tool boxes of matlab like simbiology, statistics, control design etc sold in open market like matlab itself.

hupernikao: Ok. we can structure d classes to introduce participants to selected application areas which they can build on afterwards.

Good. I am in .

hupernikao: Due to several interest shown on ds matlab issue, I am thinking d possibility of putting up a total of 12hrs of interactiv training sessions here on NL. Though I manage a training school dt offer many technical and management courses including matlab at a cost but ds online class here will b free for d selected participants.

ejihand1, if we get 3more ppl here dt show interest, we can arrange d online session.

The class ll focus more on application areas after a run thru d basics. Also know dt we ll have rules governing our participation to check our seriousness about d class.

So ejihand1 over to u.

I am ready sir. Though its application to real life problem is we all sought for. Thanks alot. But like Oliver twist, we also expect you to do a small basic tutorials on labview. You actually introduced most of us here to capabilities of labview. So, sir please don't leave us in dark as respect to labview. Actually, I have been downloading alot of PDF on labview though it still make no sense to me but I believe one day it will especially if you eventually beam your torch light on it for people like me to see it in 3D

uzoexcel: Where u can get online video tutorials is just youtube..but that's if u got good bandwidth

But if u have mozilla firefoz browser,install the youtube download add-on.after install u can search for matlab/mabview tutorials,once it opens u pause it and u then click on the download tab..once it starts downloading,u can close the page

Alternatively if u use a linux os,install the youtube-dl and then u can download via d linux terminal by copy pasting the link

thanks bro. Any websites where one can download free books on labview and matlab?

ebixy: One of the most educative threads i have seen on nairaland this year. Thanks to the creator of this thread and contributors especially hupernikao. Just sharing a little of your vast knowledge got me wowed

thanks man. Its just that our coach (hupernikao) has been so busy. I have wanted him to actually give sites where we can actually get online tutorial on labview and matlab. Lets play he is chanced this week.

hupernikao: Dt will b great.

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please sir just send the word matlab to my whatsapp so that I can identify you quickly. Thanks for your patience.

hupernikao: ejihand1,

I hav added u on whatssap.
Simulink is very far from d capability and focus of Labview. Labview is a fully optimised software for hardware interface application development. Unlike simulink and matlab dt u hav to develop gui and then code, labview gui linked directly to a function block in d code environment. Lik i said before, d programming environment of labview is not based on d primitive code writing but built on a function block philosophy.

Let me giv u a simple example.
HOW TO READ/MONITOR A PATIENT BODY TEMPERATURE REAL-TIME FROM UR COMPUTER

IN LABVIEW
(Building d Front End (GUI))
Labview already hav many default control options like gauges, counters etc to pick from, drop on d gui and calibrate from 0 - 50degC to model a real life thermometer. U can also add a start stop button (ready made) to trigger d process. Now, note dt each of those control u dropped on gui automatically but its pre-program correspondent function block in d programming window whic u will work on later.

(Programming d Back End)
In d programming window, all u need to do is to drop a daq (data acquisition) function box and configure it to read ur physical thermometer dt will b connected to d input port of a legacy data logging equipment. Ds will allow u to collect body temperature (usually converted to volts).
After ds, all u need to do is to logically connect ur function blocks and include a math function block dt can convert volts back to temperature (degC), then connect ur start stop block dt will control d process.

All things bein equal. If u go back to ur gui and press d start stop button, it will come on and show green light and u should be seeing d temperature value in d counter or see d gauge pointer moving wit d temperature read. U can also drop a graphical interface to chart d process as usually seen in ECG monitors in clinics. U can also store ur data in excel for reporting.

IN MATLAB
By now u should kno dt d process described above will involve greater effort to achiev in MatLab. U hav to develop/design most of these controls and also hav to face d issue of core coding in M files. Although Simulink seems to b an option but u cant compare its flexibility to Labview.

The simulink environment is not as scary as u said, u just need to understand ur needs and hav good understanding of d right tools to use in simulinks. It was develop having every discipline (not just engineers) on mind but with a good knowledge of how d systems/process u r on works.


FINALLY,
Matlab definitely gives u a better foundatn and insight into researching models, solve, develop and analyse control systems. It also accommodate every discipline with its numerous toolboxes and modules to make use of it in solving complex problem and developing solutions.

Ar u a student (wat level) or a professional? ar u in research or development team?

If i kno exactly wat u want to achiev mayb i will b abl to advice better.

waoo. Sir ,that your description of temperature control using labview is kind of things I want. Since you have added me up in whatsapp. We will discuss there. What's your last 3 phone number to locate your number. Thanks alot for your time. I guess I will zero in in matlab and labview. What do you think? I am researcher in medical field, sir.

hupernikao: ejihand1

Matlab is a software dt can do almost anytin u can think of as a scientist and engineer irrespective of ur specialization. I hav over 10years experience in using matlab and I ve worked wit it from doing basic computing, solving advanced calculation, running process simulations, image processing, hardware communication and interfacing, virtual reality modeling and also software development.

Matlab is not a programming language but hav an environment M-File for programming dt can program anytin. Advantage of using programming in matlab is dt u ll hav access to many advance functions and tools wit a single line whic in Java can take u months to write.

Actually, lookin closin to matlab, u ll kno it was developed on Java and is designed for high level technical computin and development.

Finally From experience, I ll advice u to go for software lik LABVIEW for d application u hav in mind. Its easier wit such level of development and hardware interfacing while MATLAB is great if ur development is at research level.
Labview handles programming as function blocks dt u just pick, arrange, connect and run. U can also create user interface as d front end quickly thru pick and drop controls.

Labview also hav interface development toolbox for .NET users whr u can just pick special controls dt ll tak u eternity to create in most programming software.
I use ds mostly for creatin HMI (Human Machine Interface) front end and interface it to communicate wit necessary hardwares including some medical legacy equipments.

Again brother, won't simulink in matlab be a match to labview in terms of block programming. Again , is it only engineers can program using simulink. Those blocks in simulink scares me each time I moved to simulink window from matlab environment. Those block diagrams seem meaningless to me, maybe because I am not an engineer I guess.

obioraval: sure, I can WAYBILL it to you. No videos though, just Lots of e books on matlab. Just pm me. I rep Control systems.

what's pm please?

obioraval: I have 2012b if you are interested. I'm in Lagos.

brother. I am in abakaliki, ebonyi state. Is it something you welbill to me. We have direct vehicles from Lagos to abakaliki. I will pay for the way bill ok. If you good matlab videos especially on functions and scripts or simulinks, I am equally interested. Thanks alot

hupernikao: ejihand1

Matlab is a software dt can do almost anytin u can think of as a scientist and engineer irrespective of ur specialization. I hav over 10years experience in using matlab and I ve worked wit it from doing basic computing, solving advanced calculation, running process simulations, image processing, hardware communication and interfacing, virtual reality modeling and also software development.

Matlab is not a programming language but hav an environment M-File for programming dt can program anytin. Advantage of using programming in matlab is dt u ll hav access to many advance functions and tools wit a single line whic in Java can take u months to write.

Actually, lookin closin to matlab, u ll kno it was developed on Java and is designed for high level technical computin and development.

Finally From experience, I ll advice u to go for software lik LABVIEW for d application u hav in mind. Its easier wit such level of development and hardware interfacing while MATLAB is great if ur development is at research level.
Labview handles programming as function blocks dt u just pick, arrange, connect and run. U can also create user interface as d front end quickly thru pick and drop controls.

Labview also hav interface development toolbox for .NET users whr u can just pick special controls dt ll tak u eternity to create in most programming software.
I use ds mostly for creatin HMI (Human Machine Interface) front end and interface it to communicate wit necessary hardwares including some medical legacy equipments.

brother thanks alot. But I think I have finally settled down with matlab. Though I am still in elementary stage like solving elementary mathematics. I will like to add you whatsaap for better coaching. Your experience is mind blowing. I wish one day I will speak authoritatively like you matlab wise. I will still google a bit on labview. Thanks alot

I have cracked 2010a version of matlab, if anybody knows where I could get the craked 2012b version, I will be happy to have the link

please how can get cracked version of matlab 2010a version. Thanks in advance. Ejiakanwaeze@yahoo.com

wazoboy: Hmmm, yyeeeesss, MATLAB is for mathematicians and maths related fields! Do you know that MATLAB = MATrices LABoratory? and who uses matrices? I guess mathematicians, physicists, engineers and maybe economists, etc!
MATLAB is not the same as java, python, etc! Yes you can build a standalone applications with MATLAB but you can only run those applications on MATLAB IDE unlike Java and co.

thanks alot brother. Actually, I am a medical personnel. I just wanted to learn a program that will enable me tap into the software based equipments used in the hospital and probably reprogram such machines to fit into our own way in the hospital especially when they got damaged . Just software related problems anyway . So what programming language do you suggest, sir?

Can i use matlab to participate in the tax application?

wazoboy: please make MathWork no catch you o! Those one na pirated software and copyright commission go smash your yansh sotee you go just dey sing like parrot Matlab do cost a lot, but if you are a mathematician or a theoretical physicist I think you better start learning Matlab and mathematica now and as a reasercher, also start learning how to write your report and article with LaTeX

brother. Are you saying that matlab is only for mathematicians? I thought its a programming language just like java and python?

madridfc: Waiting for @berem comment, lemme like it

berem wont comment for now. Why? She was paid less the amount she ought to have been paid for 3 comment (150 naira per comment) in buhari attempted assassination conspiracy theory.

davidsmith8900: Matlab is better than Java in CV (Computer Vision) beacuse Java is slow when doing CV but majority of the time Java is better and cheaper, if not free. Matlab is expensive.

how do you mean is expensive when the software is been sold for just 100 naira in open market

Asalimpo, can we talk on one on one. 07069311214. Lets chat on whatsapp please