Jiro‘s pick this week is Data Acquisition Live app by Andrei Ursache.This is a very nice example of an app, created using the App Designer, that makes use of the Data Acquisition Toolbox and Hardware Support Package for data acquisition hardware.I downloaded the Data Acquisition Toolbox Support Package for Windows… read more >>

Sean‘s pick this week is Simulink Pacing by MathWorks’ Simulink Development team.

Last summer, I highlighted the Simulink Pacer block as a means to slow a simulation down to a desired speed so you can see what’s happening. … read more >>

Jiro‘s pick this week is GUIDE to App Designer Migration Tool (for R2018a) by MathWorks App Designer Team.The App Designer was initially introduced in R2016a, and since then we’ve been adding new, shiny components to it every release. It is now our recommended tool for anyone who wants to build… read more >>

Brett‘s Pick this week is figmenu, by Douglas Schwarz.
I cut my MATLAB teeth some 25 years ago surfing the now-defunct CSSM newsgroup that formed the original heart of MATLAB Central. Getting started, writing what I now know to be horribly ugly (but functional!) code, I learned very much from a… read more >>

Sean‘s pick this week is AutoFromTag by Mike Anthony.

Similar to my blog post about converting Simulink lines to goto/from blocks, I figured I’d point out this other nice utility for working with goto/from.
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Jiro‘s pick this week is these three live script examples:

Modeling the performance of an electric car by Daniel Frey
The Chaos Game by David Garrison
Exploring Exoplanets by MathWorks Physics Team

These are all live script examples to get you started on our newest MATLAB and Simulink Student Challenge: MATLAB Online Live Editor… read more >>

Will‘s pick this week is The Curling Game by Corey Lagunowich.
The Winter Olympics may be over, but for some of us, a thirst for curling is never truly sated. Well I have good news for those of you who feel that way. You can continue to enjoy the thrill of… read more >>

Sean‘s pick this week is contourdata by Duane Hanselman.

Last week I was asked a simple question from a customer: “How do I export a contour plot to Google Earth?”
I knew that this should be possible for either contour… read more >>

Jiro‘s pick this week is A simple fruit package by kim9091.This one is a fun and well-written example of 3D graphics using basic patch objects. You can draw 13 different kinds of fruits with ability to specify geometric parameters. For example, here’s a strawberry.s = fruit.strawberry([0 0 0], 5); view(3) light To… read more >>

Sean‘s pick this week is to revisit three prior Picks of the Week. While reading through the 2017 review and reviews for the previous years, I saw a few picks where MathWorks has now incorporated similar functionality into the product.

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