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Why would I ever use Matlab?

Dig

Besides having to take a class in Matlab in college, back almost 10 years now. I have never used it for anything. Recently, I have been seeing Matlab being a requirement for new jobs. Is it a language I should learn? What is the benefit of it? And can code be easily dropped on micro-controllers?

 

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    Hi Dig,

    there are many good points here as to the advantages of MATLAB.   Several posters have mentioned the big downside is the cost, but open source alternatives are not as mature.  This is definitely changing.   Companies like mine (Equalis - www.equalis.com) are providing open source alternatives (in our case Scilab - www.scilab.org), with value add features like signal processing blocks, communication systems blocks, test and measurement toolboxes and code generation for a very affordable cost.  Basically the best of both worlds, low cost of open source but industrial grade features and support for those that want them.  In today's economic environment we see many engineers open to more cost effective alternatives.

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    Hi Dig,

    there are many good points here as to the advantages of MATLAB.   Several posters have mentioned the big downside is the cost, but open source alternatives are not as mature.  This is definitely changing.   Companies like mine (Equalis - www.equalis.com) are providing open source alternatives (in our case Scilab - www.scilab.org), with value add features like signal processing blocks, communication systems blocks, test and measurement toolboxes and code generation for a very affordable cost.  Basically the best of both worlds, low cost of open source but industrial grade features and support for those that want them.  In today's economic environment we see many engineers open to more cost effective alternatives.

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