The 2.672 lab uses the ME computer network system under Window NT. Computer software packages have been installed in the lab computers for data acquisition, data processing, and word processing. The following is a brief overview of these packages.
The following MATLAB '.m' files may be useful to you as you massage the data you collect in the various experiments. If you develop other '.m' files that you think would be useful in this course, please send them to the course instructors.
Fits n degree polynomial to input vectors xin, yin; fit coefficients in coeff.
Utility to get the time and voltage trace from a data file.
Least square fit of data using linear combination of powers.
Analysis of power spectrum.
Saturation properties for H2O; output saturation pressure.
Saturation properties for H2O; output saturation temperature.
Utility to make MATLAB plots better for importing into reports.
Thermodynamic properties for water; general-purpose function
A brief guide to MATLAB as used in this course is provided: (PDF)