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ECE 486: Control Systems
Fall 2017

Matlab Tutorial

by Paul Pawola

Matlab is a vector- and matrix-based mathematical software package that is used in ECE 386. This tutorial is intended to introduce you to the basic concepts and commands that you will be using throughout the semester.

In this tutorial, important terminology will be labeled in bold. Lines beginning with ">" indicate that this is a line you need to enter into the Matlab command line.

After completing this tutorial, you should be able to do the basic Matlab commands given, and should be able to find any other Matlab commands or Matlab info that you will need.