Software tutorial/Software installation
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MATLAB is installed on all computers in the John Hodgins Engineering Student Technology Centre (JHE 233A / 234) as well as the Burke Science Building Labs (BSB 241 / 242 / 244 / 249). The most up to date release of MATLAB is version R2010b. While there are some backward compatibility issues when it comes to older versions of MATLAB, for the level of code that will be encountered in this class students should not encounter issues with portability of code. A MATLAB/SIMULINK student package (version R2010a, good for Windows, Mac, and Linux) is available at the University Book Store for $112.95 (for those students who would like a copy of MATLAB on their laptop or home PC). The student versions comes with the following features:
One of the TA's has a student copy on his home PC and considers it a good buy, if you have the extra cash. If you have purchased the student version, then please follow the installation instructions that accompany it. |
Here are some instructions, specific to this course for Windows users that want to use Python for the course. Linux and Mac users: Python is already installed with your operating system, however, please speak to me and I can help you customize it, as required for this course. Python is an open source software. Because of this, various groups have "packaged" the official Python distribution to meet certain needs. For example:
However, for this course, we will use the Python version as distributed from http://www.pythonxy.com/, and called Python(X,Y).
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