{"id":4150,"date":"2013-01-04T10:19:31","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T15:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2013-01-07T09:01:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T14:01:28","slug":"looking-back-2012-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2013\/01\/04\/looking-back-2012-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back: 2012 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Happy New Year, fellow MATLABbers! As usual, we start the year off with a retrospective of all of the Picks of the past year.\r\n <\/p>\r\n

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\r\nATSC: From RF to Video<\/a>\r\n

Dick Benson<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Watch HDTV in MATLAB: A set of models to process an ATSC RF signal and output an MPEG II video transport stream.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nDraggable<\/a>\r\n

Francois Bouffard<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Allows graphical objects to be dragged in a figure.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nPublish dependent and called functions<\/a>\r\n

Nick Angelini<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Publish explicitly called functions not found in the MATLAB root.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nA non-engineer tinkers with Simulink<\/a>\r\n

Dimitri Shvorob<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Publish explicitly called functions not found in the MATLAB root.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nUnits Conversion Toolbox<\/a>\r\n

John McDermid<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

This toolbox attaches units to Matlab variables and enables unit conversion.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nFit all valid parametric probability distributions to data<\/a>\r\n

Mike Sheppard<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

ALLFITDIST Fit all valid parametric probability distributions to data.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nInteractive curve class<\/a>\r\n

Maxim Vedenyov<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Change curves interactively by dragging markers.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nDisperse<\/a>\r\n

Sam Hallman<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Assign elements of an input array to individual output variables with a single function call.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nGoogle Weather<\/a>\r\n

Sagar Aiya<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Get location specific weather data using Google's Weather API.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nMATLAB Pool<\/a>\r\n

Husam Aldahiyat<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Simple game of 6-ball billiards.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nThe Computation of Pi by Archimedes<\/a>\r\n

Bill McKeeman<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Archimedes wrote 3 1\/7 > pi > 3 10\/71. This is how he did it.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nabSIRD for MATLAB<\/a>\r\n

Daniel Armyr<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Converts a depth-map into a random dot autostereogram.<\/p>\r\n

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John D'Errico<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Compute the arclength of a general curve in any number of dimensions.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nplot_google_map<\/a>\r\n

Zohar Bar-Yehuda<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Plot a google map on the background of the current figure using the Static Google Maps API.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nA MATLAB-based Object-Oriented Approach to Multipath Fading Channel Simulation<\/a>\r\n

Cyril Iskander<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

This white paper explains the algorithms used in the Communications Toobox's fading channel function.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nRead Medical Data 3D<\/a>\r\n

Dirk-Jan Kroon<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

GUI to open most Medical file-formats: Dicom, V3D, ISI, NifTI, Analyze and other formats.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\ngrep: a pedestrian, very fast grep utility<\/a>\r\n

us<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

A Unix-like, very fast grep utility to find strings(s) in files of any type.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nSimulink-GUI Synchronization Example<\/a>\r\n

Will Campbell<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Demonstrates how to synchronize GUI and Simulink model settings when user alters one or the other.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nGUI development for Simulink models<\/a>\r\n

Nitin Skandan<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

A tutorial on integrating GUI developed in GUIDE with Simulink model.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nSimulink Signal Viewing using Event Listeners and a MATLAB UI<\/a>\r\n

Phil Goddard<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

This demo shows how to use block listeners to view model signals in a MATLAB user interface.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\ntight subplot<\/a>\r\n

Pekka Kumpulainen<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Fills the figure with axes subplots with easily adjustable margins and gaps between the axes.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\ngeom3d<\/a>\r\n

David Legland<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Library to handle 3D geometric primitives: create, intersect, display, and make basic computations.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nSimulink model for Fetal ECG extraction (HDL Compatible algorithm)<\/a>\r\n

Igal<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

This is an HDL Coder compatible Fetal ECG extraction algorithm.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nfixcase<\/a>\r\n

Ian Noell<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Check and fix case of function calls.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nUnit Converters<\/a>\r\n

Chad Greene<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Convert units of pressure, length, time, force, mass, accel., temp, speed, frequency, area, & more.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nArrow3 Version 5<\/a>\r\n

Tom Davis<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Draws lines with directional arrowheads.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nScreenCapture - get a screen-capture of a figure frame or component<\/a>\r\n

Yair Altman<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

ScreenCapture gets a screen-capture of any Matlab GUI handle, or specified screen area rectangle.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nshadedErrorBar<\/a>\r\n

Rob Campbell<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Creates an attractive shaded error region rather than discrete bars.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nArduino IO package: Slides and Examples<\/a>\r\n

Giampiero Campa<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Slides for the webinar: \"Learning Basic Mechatronics Concepts Using the Arduino Board and MATLAB\".<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nMeasures of Effect Size Toolbox<\/a>\r\n

Harald Hentschke<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Computes diverse effect size statistics including confidence intervals.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nplot spread points (beeswarm plot)<\/a>\r\n

Jonas<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

plotSpread plots distributions of data points, adding jitter to the points to avoid overlap.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nUIGETVARIABLES: Dialog to pass variables from workspace into GUI<\/a>\r\n

Scott Hirsch<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

UIGETVARIABLES creates a dialog box for selecting variables from the base workspace.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nLTE Downlink Physical Channel processing<\/a>\r\n

Amit Kansal<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

PDSCH processing using multi-codeword spatial multiplexing transmission.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nLooking Up<\/a>\r\n

Matt Tearle<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

A planisphere for any given location and time.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nBetter line crossings in Simulink models<\/a>\r\n

Josef Rieger<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Improves readability of Simulink models by appending \"line steps\" to lines where they cross.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nStellaria (Tech Demo) - The best MATLAB shooting game ever<\/a>\r\n

Mingjing Zhang<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

If you think you have played the best MATLAB game before. Think again after you try this one.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nExperiments with MATLAB<\/a>\r\n

Cleve Moler<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Apps from Experiments with MATLAB.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nNumerical Computing with MATLAB<\/a>\r\n

Cleve Moler<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Apps from Numerical Computing with MATLAB.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nGUI 2D Heat Transfer<\/a>\r\n

Dominik Gibala<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

This GUI presents 2D heat tranfer in a plate.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nIMAGEVIEWER<\/a>\r\n

Jiro Doke<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

A GUI for viewing and interactively exploring image files.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nMathExplorer: Learning Maths using MuPAD for Engineering Students<\/a>\r\n

Martin Brown<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

A set of MuPAD notebooks which allow engineering students to visualize and experiment with maths.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nMorse Code Practice System<\/a>\r\n

James Willmann<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

GUI allows the operator to send the Morse Code of the alphabet, a text string or from the keyboard.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nGray image to Color image conversion<\/a>\r\n

Jeny Rajan<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Converts a gray image to color image.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nAutoTune Toy<\/a>\r\n

Carl<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Allows you to record and graphically manipulate and pitch correct your voice.<\/p>\r\n

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Richard Crozier<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Remove excess margins from figures.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nLet it snow: falling snow on every figure!<\/a>\r\n

Mingjing Zhang<\/a> <\/p>\r\n

Amazing falling snow effect for your MATLAB figure. Suitable for Holidays.<\/p>\r\n

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