HANDOUTS FOR ECE 257 - INTRODUCTION TO MATLAB
ALAN FELZER - ECE DEPT - CAL POLY POMONA - SPRING 2007

ECE 257 is an introductory course on Matlab with applications in linear resistor circuit analysis and basic math useful in more advanced courses. You will need the plug-in Acrobat Reader to view most of the material listed below. If your browser does not already have Acrobat Reader then you can obtain it for free from Adobe.

LESSONS FOR ECE 257

• GETTING STARTED
  1. The Very Basics
  2. Introduction to Matrices
  3. Vectorized Calculations
  4. Two-Dimensional Plotting - Part I
  5. Two-Dimensional Plotting - Part II
  6. Introduction to Formatting and I/O
  
  
• INTRODUCTION TO MATRIX CALCULATIONS
  7. Matrix Calculations - Part I
  8. Matrix Calculations - Part II
  9. Element by Element Matrix Calculations
  
  
• INTRODUCTION TO THE WRITING OF PROGRAMS
  10. Documentation and Testing of Programs
  11. Practice with Programs
  12. Introduction to Functions
  13. Practice with Functions
  14. Access to Variables and Functions
  
  
• BRANCHING AND LOOPING
  15. Logical Variables and Operations
  16. Introduction to Branching
  17. For and While Loops - Part I
  18. For and While Loops - Part II
  
  
• SOME MATH APPLICATIONS
  19. Introduction to Iteration - Part I
  20. Introduction to Iteration - Part II
  21. Integration and Differentiation
  22. Numerical Solution of Differential Equations
  23. Complex Numbers - Part I
  24. Complex Numbers - Part II
  
  
• INTRODUCTION TO SIMULINK
  25. Introduction to Simulink - Part I
  26. Introduction to Simulink - Part II
  
  
• USEFUL MATLAB PROGRAMS
  27. Some Off The Shelf Matlab Programs