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Dear MATLAB contest enthusiasts,
I believe many of you have been captivated by the innovative entries from Zhaoxu Liu / slanderer, in the 2023 MATLAB Flipbook Mini Hack contest.
Ever wondered about the person behind these creative entries? What drives a MATLAB user to such levels of skill? And what inspired his participation in the contest? We were just as curious as you are!
We were delighted to catch up with him and learn more about his use of MATLAB. The interview has recently been published in MathWorks Blogs. For an in-depth look into his insights and experiences, be sure to read our latest blog post: Community Q&A – Zhaoxu Liu.
But the conversation doesn't end here! Who would you like to see featured in our next interview? Drop their name in the comments section below and let us know who we should reach out to next!
Kindly assist. Im getting this error message when i try to upload to my esp8266 board. I have tried reinstalling arduino ide and libraries. Have also replaced my previous board with a new one.
" fatal esptool.py error occurred: Cannot configure port, something went wrong. Original message: PermissionError(13, 'A device attached to the system is not functioning.', None, 31)esptool.py v3.0
Serial port COM9"
Updating some of my educational Livescripts to 2024a, really love the new "define a function anywhere" feature, and have a "new" idea for improving Livescripts -- support "hidden" code blocks similar to the Jupyter Notebooks functionality.
For example, I often create "complicated" plots with a bunch of ancillary items and I don't want this code exposed to the reader by default, as it might confuse the reader. For example, consider a Livescript that might read like this:
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Noting the similar structure of these two mappings, let's now write a function that simply maps from some domain to some other domain using change of variable.
function x = ChangeOfVariable( x, from_domain, to_domain )
x = x - from_domain(1);
x = x * ( ( to_domain(2) - to_domain(1) ) / ( from_domain(2) - from_domain(1) ) );
x = x + to_domain(1);
end
Let's see this function in action
% HIDE CELL
clear
close all
from_domain = [-1, 1];
to_domain = [2, 7];
from_values = [-1, -0.5, 0, 0.5, 1];
to_values = ChangeOfVariable( from_values, from_domain, to_domain )
to_values = 1×5
2.0000 3.2500 4.5000 5.7500 7.0000
We can plot the values of from_values and to_values, showing how they're connected to each other:
% HIDE CELL
figure
hold on
for n = 1 : 5
plot( [from_values(n) to_values(n)], [1 0], Color="k", LineWidth=1 )
end
ax = gca;
ax.YTick = [];
ax.XLim = [ min( [from_domain, to_domain] ) - 1, max( [from_domain, to_domain] ) + 1 ];
ax.YLim = [-0.5, 1.5];
ax.XGrid = "on";
scatter( from_values, ones( 5, 1 ), Marker="s", MarkerFaceColor="flat", MarkerEdgeColor="k", SizeData=120, LineWidth=1, SeriesIndex=1 )
text( mean( from_domain ), 1.25, "$\xi$", Interpreter="latex", HorizontalAlignment="center", VerticalAlignment="middle" )
scatter( to_values, zeros( 5, 1 ), Marker="o", MarkerFaceColor="flat", MarkerEdgeColor="k", SizeData=120, LineWidth=1, SeriesIndex=2 )
text( mean( to_domain ), -0.25, "$x$", Interpreter="latex", HorizontalAlignment="center", VerticalAlignment="middle" )
scaled_arrow( ax, [mean( [from_domain(1), to_domain(1) ] ) - 1, 0.5], ( 1 - 0 ) / ( from_domain(1) - to_domain(1) ), 1 )
scaled_arrow( ax, [mean( [from_domain(end), to_domain(end)] ) + 1, 0.5], ( 1 - 0 ) / ( from_domain(end) - to_domain(end) ), -1 )
text( mean( [from_domain(1), to_domain(1) ] ) - 1.5, 0.5, "$x(\xi)$", Interpreter="latex", HorizontalAlignment="center", VerticalAlignment="middle" )
text( mean( [from_domain(end), to_domain(end)] ) + 1.5, 0.5, "$\xi(x)$", Interpreter="latex", HorizontalAlignment="center", VerticalAlignment="middle" )
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Where scaled_arrow is some utility function I've defined elsewhere... See how a majority of the code is simply "drivel" to create the plot, clear and close? I'd like to be able to hide those cells so that it would look more like this:
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Noting the similar structure of these two mappings, let's now write a function that simply maps from some domain to some other domain using change of variable.
function x = ChangeOfVariable( x, from_domain, to_domain )
x = x - from_domain(1);
x = x * ( ( to_domain(2) - to_domain(1) ) / ( from_domain(2) - from_domain(1) ) );
x = x + to_domain(1);
end
Let's see this function in action
▶ Show code cell
from_domain = [-1, 1];
to_domain = [2, 7];
from_values = [-1, -0.5, 0, 0.5, 1];
to_values = ChangeOfVariable( from_values, from_domain, to_domain )
to_values = 1×5
2.0000 3.2500 4.5000 5.7500 7.0000
We can plot the values of from_values and to_values, showing how they're connected to each other:
▶ Show code cell
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Thoughts?
I recently had issues with code folding seeming to disappear and it turns out that I had unknowingly disabled the "show code folding margin" option by accident. Despite using MATLAB for several years, I had no idea this was an option, especially since there seemed to be no references to it in the code folding part of the "Preferences" menu.
It would be great if in the future, there was a warning that told you about this when you try enable/disable folding in the Preferences.
I am using 2023b by the way.
In the MATLAB editor, when clicking on a variable name, all the other instances of the variable name will be highlighted.
But this does not work for structure fields, which is a pity. Such feature would be quite often useful for me.
I show an illustration below, and compare it with Visual Studio Code that does it. ;-)
I am using MATLAB R2023a, sorry if it has been added to newer versions, but I didn't see it in the release notes.
I have noticed that any of thingspeak channels (irrespective of Public or private) can be read by using below request.
this reduces the security of the channel. If the channel is Private without the valid Read key it should not be able to read from the channel.
Am i missing something??
Dear members, I’m currently doing research on the subject of using Generative A.I. as a digital designer. What our research group would like to know is which ethical issues have a big impact on the decisions you guys and girls make using generative A.I.
Whether you’re using A.I. or not, we would really like to know your vision and opinion about this subject. Please empty your thoughts and oppinion into your answers, we would like to get as much information as possible.
Are you currently using A.I. when doing your job? Yes, what for. No (not yet), why not?
Using A.I., would you use real information or alter names/numbers to get an answer?
What information would or wouldn’t you use? If the client is asking/ordering you to do certain things that go against your principles, would you still do it because order is order? How far would you go?
Who is responsible for the outcome of the generated content, you or the client?
Would you still feel like a product owner if it was co-developed with A.I.?
What we are looking for is that we would like to know why people do or don’t use AI in the field of design and wich ethical considerations they make. We’re just looking for general moral line of people, for example: 70% of designers don’t feel owner of a design that is generated by AI but 95% feels owner when it is co-created.
So therefore the questions we asked, we want to know the how you feel about this.
I have a LORA node up-linking data to a Thingspeak channel via The Things Network (TTN). Sometimes it stops sending data and I reboot it by logging into my console on TTN and sending a re-boot down-link message to the node. Is there any way I can transmit a downlink message to the node direct from Thinkspeak?
Hi may iknow why when i add widget gauge, the guage dont show the display
How long until the 'dumbest' models are smarter than your average person? Thanks for sharing this article @Adam Danz
Feature Request -- To add section highlighting to the editor, just like in 2021a!
Hi guys
This is regarding my shared ThingSpeak channel. Previously it was showing the widgets side by side but in recent days it's showing widget under widget.
Why is that? Please help. 
#include <WiFiS3.h>
#define LDR_PIN A0 // LDR sensor pin
#define WIFI_SSID "Nahi Chalega"
#define WIFI_PASSWORD "12234556889"
#define THINGSPEAK_HOST "api.thingspeak.com"
#define THINGSPEAK_API_KEY "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" // Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your ThingSpeak Write API key
#define CHANNEL_ID "2498369" // Replace YOUR_CHANNEL_ID with your ThingSpeak channel ID
WiFiSSLClient client;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
connectWiFi();
}
void loop() {
int ldrValue = analogRead(LDR_PIN); // Read LDR sensor value
Serial.print("LDR Sensor Value: ");
Serial.println(ldrValue);
sendToThingSpeak(ldrValue);
delay(2000); // Send data every 20 seconds
}
void connectWiFi() {
Serial.println("Connecting to WiFi");
WiFi.begin(WIFI_SSID, WIFI_PASSWORD);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
}
Serial.println("\nConnected to WiFi");
}
void sendToThingSpeak(int value) {
if (client.connect(THINGSPEAK_HOST, 80)) {
String data = "field1=" + String(value);
String request = "POST /update HTTP/1.1\nHost: " + String(THINGSPEAK_HOST) + "\nConnection: close\nX-THINGSPEAKAPIKEY: " + String(THINGSPEAK_API_KEY) + "\nContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\nContent-Length: " + String(data.length()) + "\n\n" + data;
client.print(request);
Serial.println("Data sent to ThingSpeak!");
} else {
Serial.println("Failed to connect to ThingSpeak!");
}
client.stop();
}
MatGPT was launched on March 22, 2023 and I am amazed at how many times it has been downloaded since then - close to 16,000 downloads in one year. When AI Chat Playground came out on MATLAB Central, I thought surely that people will stop using MatGPT. Boy I was wrong.
In early 2023 I was playing with the new shiny toy called ChatGPT like everyone else but instead of having it tell me jokes or haiku, I wanted to know how I can use it on MATLAB, and I started collecting the prompts that worked. Someone suggested I should turn that into an app, and MatGPT was born with help from other colleagues.
Here is the question - what should I do with it now? Some people suggested I could add other LLMs like Gemini or Claude, but I am more interested in learning how people actually use it.
If you are a MatGPT user, do you mind sharing how you use the app?
In short: support varying color in at least the plot, plot3, fplot, and fplot3 functions.
This has been a thing that's come up quite a few times, and includes questions/requests by users, workarounds by the community, and workarounds presented by MathWorks -- examples of each below. It's a feature that exists in Python's Matplotlib library and Sympy. Anyways, given that there are myriads of workarounds, it appears to be one of the most common requests for Matlab plots (Matlab's plotting is, IMO, one of the best features of the product), the request precedes the 21st century, and competitive tools provide the functionality, it would seem to me that this might be the next great feature for Matlab plotting.
I'm curious to get the rest of the community's thoughts... what's everyone else think about this?
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User questions/requests
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/480389-colored-line-plot-according-to-a-third-variable
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/2092641-how-to-solve-a-problem-with-the-generation-of-multiple-colored-segments-on-one-line-in-matlab-plot
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/5042-how-do-i-vary-color-along-a-2d-line
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1917650-how-to-plot-a-trajectory-with-varying-colour
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1917650-how-to-plot-a-trajectory-with-varying-colour
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/511523-how-to-create-plot3-varying-color-figure
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/393810-multiple-colours-in-a-trajectory-plot
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/523135-creating-a-rainbow-colour-plot-trajectory
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/469929-how-to-vary-the-color-of-a-dynamic-line
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/585011-how-could-i-adjust-the-color-of-multiple-lines-within-a-graph-without-using-the-default-matlab-colo
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/517177-how-to-interpolate-color-along-a-curve-with-specific-colors
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/281645-variate-color-depending-on-the-y-value-in-plot
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/439176-how-do-i-vary-the-color-along-a-line-in-polar-coordinates
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1849193-creating-rainbow-coloured-plots-in-3d
- https://groups.google.com/g/comp.soft-sys.matlab/c/cLgjSeEC15I?hl=en&pli=1 (a question asked in 1999!)
- ... the list goes on, and on, and on...
User-provided workarounds
- https://undocumentedmatlab.com/articles/plot-line-transparency-and-color-gradient
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/19476-colored-line-or-scatter-plot
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23566-3d-colored-line-plot
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/30423-conditionally-colored-line-plot
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/14677-cline
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/8597-plot-3d-color-line
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/39972-colormapline-color-changing-2d-or-3d-line
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/37725-conditionally-colored-plot-ccplot
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/11611-linear-2d-plot-with-rainbow-color
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/26692-color_line
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/32911-plot3rgb
- And perhaps more?
MathWorks-provided workarounds
- https://www.mathworks.com/videos/coloring-a-line-based-on-height-gradient-or-some-other-value-in-matlab-97128.html
- https://www.mathworks.com/videos/making-a-multi-color-line-in-matlab-97127.html
- https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/95663-color-trajectory-plot (contributed by a MathWorks staff member)
- And perhaps more?
I was in a meeting the other day and a coworker shared a smiley face they created using the AI Chat Playground. The image looked something like this:
And I suspect the prompt they used was something like this:
"Create a smiley face"
I imagine this output wasn't what my coworker had expected so he was left thinking that this was as good as it gets without manually editing the code, and that the AI Chat Playground couldn't do any better.
I thought I could get a better result using the Playground so I tried a more detailed prompt using a multi-step technique like this:
"Follow these instructions:
- Create code that plots a circle
- Create two smaller circles as eyes within the first circle
- Create an arc that looks like a smile in the lower part of the first circle"
The output of this prompt was better in my opinion.
These queries/prompts are examples of 'zero-shot' prompts, the expectation being a good result with just one query. As opposed to a back-and-forth chat session working towards a desired outcome.
I wonder how many attempts everyone tries before they decide they can't anything more from the AI/LLM. There are times I'll send dozens of chat queries if I feel like I'm getting close to my goal, while other times I'll try just one or two. One thing I always find useful is seeing how others interact with AI models, which is what inspired me to share this.
Does anyone have examples of techniques that work well? I find multi-step instructions often produces good results.
%%
clear
clc
close all
% TODO - Replace the [] with channel ID to write data to:
writeChannelID = 'your channel ID'; %channel ID
% TODO - Enter the Write API Key between the '' below:
writeAPIKey = 'your write API Key'; %write API Key
% url for POST request
url = 'https://aemo.com.au/';
webText = webread(url);
filteredData(4) = urlfilter(url,'<div class="summary-row-value">');
display(filteredData(4), 'AEMO');
thingSpeakWrite(writeChannelID, filteredData(4), 'WriteKey', writeAPIKey);
The cloks have changed in the UK having gone forward 1 hour but the times on the thingspeak graphs are out an hour - what is the solution please
I keep getting this error, what do I do?
Error: File: convert_mnist_to_mat.m Line: 63 Column: 1
This statement is not inside any function.
(It follows the END that terminates the definition of the function
"read_mnist_labels".)
function convert_mnist_to_mat(mnist_dir, output_file)
% Function to convert MNIST dataset files into .mat format
% Check if the directory exists
if ~isfolder(mnist_dir)
error('MNIST directory does not exist.');
end
% Read training images
train_images = read_mnist_images(fullfile(mnist_dir, 'train-images-idx3-ubyte'));
% Read training labels
train_labels = read_mnist_labels(fullfile(mnist_dir, 'train-labels-idx1-ubyte'));
% Read test images
test_images = read_mnist_images(fullfile(mnist_dir, 't10k-images-idx3-ubyte'));
% Read test labels
test_labels = read_mnist_labels(fullfile(mnist_dir, 't10k-labels-idx1-ubyte'));
% Save data into .mat file
save(output_file, 'train_images', 'train_labels', 'test_images', 'test_labels');
disp('MNIST dataset converted successfully.');
end
function images = read_mnist_images(filename)
% Function to read MNIST image data
fid = fopen(filename, 'rb');
assert(fid ~= -1, ['Could not open ', filename, '']);
magic_number = fread(fid, 1, 'int32', 0, 'ieee-be');
assert(magic_number == 2051, ['Invalid magic number in ', filename]);
num_images = fread(fid, 1, 'int32', 0, 'ieee-be');
num_rows = fread(fid, 1, 'int32', 0, 'ieee-be');
num_cols = fread(fid, 1, 'int32', 0, 'ieee-be');
images = fread(fid, [num_rows, num_cols, num_images], 'uint8');
fclose(fid);
images = permute(images, [2, 1, 3]); % Convert from (rows, cols, images) to (cols, rows, images)
end
function labels = read_mnist_labels(filename)
% Function to read MNIST label data
fid = fopen(filename, 'rb');
assert(fid ~= -1, ['Could not open ', filename, '']);
magic_number = fread(fid, 1, 'int32', 0, 'ieee-be');
assert(magic_number == 2049, ['Invalid magic number in ', filename]);
num_labels = fread(fid, 1, 'int32', 0, 'ieee-be');
labels = fread(fid, [num_labels, 1], 'uint8');
fclose(fid);
end
% Usage example:
mnist_dir = 'C:\Users\gabep\Desktop\MNIST';
output_file = 'mnist_dataset.mat';
convert_mnist_to_mat(mnist_dir, output_file);
Hi everyone, I need help for transfering the data from a ThingSpeak' channel to Google Sheets. Please help me.
