Udemy – MATLAB for the Absolute Beginner

The learner will be able to create variables and perform simple mathematical operations on them.

Chapter 2: Introduction to matrices

This chapter is divided into 9 parts

Part 1: This session demonstrates
how to create matrices
how to find its dimensions
how to take the transpose of a matrix
Part 2: The session demonstrates the use of indices to access a section of the matrix
Part 3: The session demonstrates the addition and subtraction of matrices
Part 4: This session demonstrates the multiplication operation on matrices
Part 5, 6: These sessions demonstrate the use of matrices is solving a numerical problem
Part 5: Example I
Part 6: Example II
Part 7,8,9:These sessions introduce the learner to black-and-white, gray-scale and colored images on MATLAB

Chapter 3: Working with arrays

This chapter is divided into 4 parts

Part 1: This session introduces the learner to arrays on MATLAB, and some basic mathematical operations
Part 2: This session takes an example of a quadratic expression, and how arrays can be used to evaluate it over a range of values
Part 3: This session discusses how to generate a sequence of numbers on MATLAB
Part 4: This session demonstrates common statistical computations on arrays like mean, median et cetera

Chapter 4: Make an animation

This chapter is divided into 7 parts.

Part 1: This session introduces the learner to the Editor Window on MATLAB
Part 2-7: These sessions develop the animation of a rotating fan step by step
Part 2: Step 1
Part 3: Step 2
Part 4: Step 3
Part 5: Step 4
Part 6: Step 5
Part 7: Step 6

Chapter 5: Three dimensional plots

This chapter is divided into 2 parts

Part 1: This session discusses three dimensional line plots
Part 2: This session discusses three dimensional surface plots

Chapter 6: Working with Data

This chapter has been divided into 8 parts.

Part 1: This session is a recapitulation of the common statistical operations of mean, median et cetera
Part 2: This session demonstrates how to make a simple bar graph/chart
Part 3: This session demonstrates how to make a bar graph/chart with multiple bars grouped together
Part 4: This session demonstrates how to make a pie chart
Part 5: This session takes a line plot and adds title and labels to it, to enhance readability.
Part 6: This session adds labels and enhances the readability of a pie chart.
Part 7, 8: These sessions demonstrate how to create a function with looping and conditional statements
Part 7: Example 1
Part 8: Example 2

Chapter 7: Working with Tables

This chapter has been divided into 2 parts.

Part 1: This session introduces the user to structures, demonstrates how to create tables using structures, and discusses an application where multiple tables are joined together
Part 2: This session reads a file, convert the data into table and perform some operations on them

Chapter 8: Introduction to Simulink

This chapter has been divided into 7 parts

Part 1: This shows how to open Simulink
Part 2: This session demonstrates how to make a simple model on Simulink
Part 3: This session demonstrates some common sources.
Part 4: This session demonstrates blocks related to common mathematical operations.
Part 5: This session demonstrates how Simulink can be used to model digital logic circuits.
Part 6: This session demonstrates how to make a sub-module/subsystem/sub-circuit on Simulink
Part 7: This session demonstrates how to make Simulink models for differential equations

Chapter 9: Simple Graphical User Interfaces

This chapter is divided into 5 parts.

Part 1: This session demonstrates the input function in MATLAB
Part 2-5: This session demonstrates simple GUIs on MATLAB
Part 2: GUI 1
Part 3: GUI 2
Part 4: GUI 3
Part 5: GUI 4

Chapter 10: Miscellaneous / Bonus Lectures

This chapter aims to give the learner ideas to create codes and block diagrams and thus practice MATLAB. This chapter has been divided into 10 parts

Part 1: This session introduces the user to the Symbolic Math Toolbox
Part 2: This session demonstrates how the functions in the Symbolic Math toolbox can be used to solve a numerical problem
Part 3: This session demonstrates how to use Symbolic Math Toolbox to work with Laplace transforms and then moves to the Control System Toolbox.
Part 4: This session is just the viewing of a paper from which Control System codes and block diagrams can be made.
Part 5,6: These sessions introduce some basic functions in the Image Processing Toolbox.
Part 5: Histogram Equalization
Part 6: Gray-scale conversion, Morphological operations, et cetera
Part 7: This session takes an example and demonstrates recursive functions on MATLAB
Part 8: This session is just the viewing of a paper from which Simulink models relevant to Digital Signal Processing can be made.
Part 9: This session is just the viewing of a document on sequences and progressions, which can be used to create iterative and recursive functions on MATLAB.
Part 10: This session shows a Graphical User Interface which the learner can try to create using concepts on image processing.

What are the requirements?

You will need access to a computer with MATLAB.

What am I going to get from this course?

Over 56 lectures and 3.5 hours of content!
Navigate the MATLAB desktop environment
Create and utilize matrices in MATLAB
Work with Arrays in MATLAB
Make an animation in MATLAB
Make three-dimensional plots
Create various graphs to visualize data
Create and utilize tables
Understand the basics of Simulink
Understand simple GUIs in MATLAB

What is the target audience?

This course is meant for student who have never used MATLAB