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Programming for Electrical Engineers
MATLAB and Spice
1st Edition - July 8, 2020
Authors: James Squire, Julie Phillips Brown
Paperback ISBN:9780128215029
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eBook ISBN:9780128215036
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Programming for Electrical Engineers: MATLAB and Spice introduces beginning engineering students to programming in Matlab and Spice through engaged, problem-based learning and dedicated electrical and computer engineering content. The book draws its problems and examples specifically from electrical and computer engineering, covering such topics as circuit analysis, signal processing, and filter design. It teaches relevant computational techniques in the context of solving common problems in electrical and computer engineering, including mesh and nodal analysis, Fourier transforms, and phasor analysis.
Programming for Electrical Engineers: MATLAB and Spice is unique among MATLAB textbooks for its dual focus on introductory-level learning and discipline-specific content in electrical and computer engineering. No other textbook on the market currently targets this audience with the same attention to discipline-specific content and engaged learning practices. Although it is primarily an introduction to programming in MATLAB, the book also has a chapter on circuit simulation using Spice, and it includes materials required by ABET Accreditation reviews, such as information on ethics, professional development, and lifelong learning.
Discipline-specific: Introduces Electrical and Computer Engineering-specific topics, such as phasor analysis and complex exponentials, that are not covered in generic engineering Matlab texts
Accessible: Pedagogically appropriate for freshmen and sophomores with little or no prior programming experience
Scaffolded content: Addresses both script and functions but emphasizes the use of functions since scripts with non-scoped variables are less-commonly encountered after introductory courses
Problem-centric: Introduces MATLAB commands as needed to solve progressively more complex EE/ECE-specific problems, and includes over 100 embedded, in-chapter questions to check comprehension in stages and support active learning exercises in the classroom
Enrichment callouts: "Pro Tip" callouts cover common ABET topics, such as ethics and professional development, and "Digging Deeper" callouts provide optional, more detailed material for interested students
First and second year engineering students in Electrical and Computer Engineering (EE/CpE/ECE) programs / professionals across all technical areas interested in teaching themselves MATLAB programming
Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Foreword
Acknowledgment
Introduction
Introduction to matlab
Starting matlab and the Workspace
Using matlab as a Calculator
Variables
Naming and Inspecting Variables
Parentheses and Implied Multiplication
Special Symbols: i, j, and π
Formatting Numbers
Scientific Notation
Exponentials and Their Inverses: exp, ^, sqrt, log, log10
Trig Functions and Their Inverses
Creating Vectors
Use of the Semicolon
Plotting Data
Getting Help
Saving and Loading Variables
Keyboard Shortcuts
Command Review
Lab Problems
2. matlab as A Calculator
Rounding and Separating Numbers
Vectors
Creating Vectors
Working With Vectors
Complex Numbers
Vector Mathematics
Strings
Matrices
Creating Matrices
Changing Matrix Values
Working With Matrices
Solving Simultaneous Equations Using Matrices
Command Review
Lab Problems
3. matlab Graphics
Types of Plots
Line Plot
Axis Labels and Titles
Line Plots With Multiple Lines
Scatter Plots
Plotting Scripts
Layering Plot Commands Using hold()
Bar Plots
Subplot
Advanced Plot Decoration
Text Annotations
Advanced Text Formatting
Three-Dimensional matlab Plots
Command Review
Lab Problems
4. matlab Programming
Why Program?
Scripts
Functions
Function Arguments
Creating Your Own Functions
Commenting Programs
Creating Help
More Complex Function Examples
Sorting
Relational Expressions
Logical Operators
Logical Operations on Vectors and Matrices
Conditional Branching: if-end
Conditional Branching: if-else-end
Conditional Branching: if-elseif-else-end
Creating Strings With Embedded Numbers
Command Review
Lab Problems
5. Programming II: Looping
Disp
For-End Loop
For-End Loops Indexing Vectors
Nested Loops
Using Nested Loops to Search for Exact Solutions
Using Nested Loops to Search for Best Solutions
tic, toc
Functions Calling Functions
break
Multiple Functions in One M-File
while-end Loop
Growing Versus Pre-Allocating Vectors
Command Review
Lab Problems
6. Spice
Circuit Simulation
Utility
Installing Ltspice
Steps in Simulating
Schematic Editor
Types of LTspice Simulations
DC Simulation Walkthrough
Transient Simulation
AC Sweep Simulation
Advanced Tip: Using Nets
Command Review
Lab Problems
Index
No. of pages: 288
Language: English
Published: July 8, 2020
Imprint: Academic Press
Paperback ISBN: 9780128215029
eBook ISBN: 9780128215036
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James Squire
James Squire is the Jamison-Payne chaired Professor of Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute. Dr. Squire graduated from the US Military Academy and was awarded a Bronze Star in Desert Storm. He was awarded two patents while earning his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been awarded the state-level Outstanding Faculty Award from Virginia and every major teaching award from the Virginia Military Institute. He has over 50 publications, 8 patents, 2 startup companies, an active consulting practice, and is an honorary member of the VMI Class of 2009.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Electrical Engineering, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA, USA
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Julie Phillips Brown
Julie Phillips Brown is an Associate Professor of English in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies at Virginia Military Institute. Prior to her appointment at VMI, she served as the N.E.H. Postdoctoral Fellow in Poetics at the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University. Dr. Brown completed her graduate work at Cornell University, where she earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in English Literature. Interdisciplinary inquiry and practice are central to Dr. Brown’s teaching and research, which focus on the intersections of poetry and poetics, the history of the book and book arts, visual art and performance, and STEAM and Digital Humanities-based pedagogies.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of English, Rhetoric, & Humanistic Studies, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA, USA