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#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?
David
David
Last activity on 1 Apr 2024

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);
Edward
Edward
Last activity on 3 Apr 2024

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
The line integral , where C is the boundary of the square oriented counterclockwise, can be evaluated in two ways:
Using the definition of the line integral:
% Initialize the integral sum
integral_sum = 0;
% Segment C1: x = -1, y goes from -1 to 1
y = linspace(-1, 1);
x = -1 * ones(size(y));
dy = diff(y);
integral_sum = integral_sum + sum(-x(1:end-1) .* dy);
% Segment C2: y = 1, x goes from -1 to 1
x = linspace(-1, 1);
y = ones(size(x));
dx = diff(x);
integral_sum = integral_sum + sum(y(1:end-1).^2 .* dx);
% Segment C3: x = 1, y goes from 1 to -1
y = linspace(1, -1);
x = ones(size(y));
dy = diff(y);
integral_sum = integral_sum + sum(-x(1:end-1) .* dy);
% Segment C4: y = -1, x goes from 1 to -1
x = linspace(1, -1);
y = -1 * ones(size(x));
dx = diff(x);
integral_sum = integral_sum + sum(y(1:end-1).^2 .* dx);
disp(['Direct Method Integral: ', num2str(integral_sum)]);
Plotting the square path
% Define the square's vertices
vertices = [-1 -1; -1 1; 1 1; 1 -1; -1 -1];
% Plot the square
figure;
plot(vertices(:,1), vertices(:,2), '-o');
title('Square Path for Line Integral');
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
grid on;
axis equal;
% Add arrows to indicate the path direction (counterclockwise)
hold on;
for i = 1:size(vertices,1)-1
% Calculate direction
dx = vertices(i+1,1) - vertices(i,1);
dy = vertices(i+1,2) - vertices(i,2);
% Reduce the length of the arrow for better visibility
scale = 0.2;
dx = scale * dx;
dy = scale * dy;
% Calculate the start point of the arrow
startx = vertices(i,1) + (1 - scale) * dx;
starty = vertices(i,2) + (1 - scale) * dy;
% Plot the arrow
quiver(startx, starty, dx, dy, 'MaxHeadSize', 0.5, 'Color', 'r', 'AutoScale', 'off');
end
hold off;
Apply Green's Theorem for the line integral
% Define the partial derivatives of P and Q
f = @(x, y) -1 - 2*y; % derivative of -x with respect to x is -1, and derivative of y^2 with respect to y is 2y
% Compute the double integral over the square [-1,1]x[-1,1]
integral_value = integral2(f, -1, 1, 1, -1);
disp(['Green''s Theorem Integral: ', num2str(integral_value)]);
Plotting the vector field related to Green’s theorem
% Define the grid for the vector field
[x, y] = meshgrid(linspace(-2, 2, 20), linspace(-2 ,2, 20));
% Define the vector field components
P = y.^2; % y^2 component
Q = -x; % -x component
% Plot the vector field
figure;
quiver(x, y, P, Q, 'b');
hold on; % Hold on to plot the square on the same figure
% Define the square's vertices
vertices = [-1 -1; -1 1; 1 1; 1 -1; -1 -1];
% Plot the square path
plot(vertices(:,1), vertices(:,2), '-o', 'Color', 'k'); % 'k' for black color
title('Vector Field (P = y^2, Q = -x) with Square Path');
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
axis equal;
% Add arrows to indicate the path direction (counterclockwise)
for i = 1:size(vertices,1)-1
% Calculate direction
dx = vertices(i+1,1) - vertices(i,1);
dy = vertices(i+1,2) - vertices(i,2);
% Reduce the length of the arrow for better visibility
scale = 0.2;
dx = scale * dx;
dy = scale * dy;
% Calculate the start point of the arrow
startx = vertices(i,1) + (1 - scale) * dx;
starty = vertices(i,2) + (1 - scale) * dy;
% Plot the arrow
quiver(startx, starty, dx, dy, 'MaxHeadSize', 0.5, 'Color', 'r', 'AutoScale', 'off');
end
hold off;
To solve a surface integral for example the over the sphere easily in MATLAB, you can leverage the symbolic toolbox for a direct and clear solution. Here is a tip to simplify the process:
  1. Use Symbolic Variables and Functions: Define your variables symbolically, including the parameters of your spherical coordinates θ and ϕ and the radius r . This allows MATLAB to handle the expressions symbolically, making it easier to manipulate and integrate them.
  2. Express in Spherical Coordinates Directly: Since you already know the sphere's equation and the relationship in spherical coordinates, define x, y, and z in terms of r , θ and ϕ directly.
  3. Perform Symbolic Integration: Use MATLAB's `int` function to integrate symbolically. Since the sphere and the function are symmetric, you can exploit these symmetries to simplify the calculation.
Here’s how you can apply this tip in MATLAB code:
% Include the symbolic math toolbox
syms theta phi
% Define the limits for theta and phi
theta_limits = [0, pi];
phi_limits = [0, 2*pi];
% Define the integrand function symbolically
integrand = 16 * sin(theta)^3 * cos(phi)^2;
% Perform the symbolic integral for the surface integral
surface_integral = int(int(integrand, theta, theta_limits(1), theta_limits(2)), phi, phi_limits(1), phi_limits(2));
% Display the result of the surface integral symbolically
disp(['The surface integral of x^2 over the sphere is ', char(surface_integral)]);
% Number of points for plotting
num_points = 100;
% Define theta and phi for the sphere's surface
[theta_mesh, phi_mesh] = meshgrid(linspace(double(theta_limits(1)), double(theta_limits(2)), num_points), ...
linspace(double(phi_limits(1)), double(phi_limits(2)), num_points));
% Spherical to Cartesian conversion for plotting
r = 2; % radius of the sphere
x = r * sin(theta_mesh) .* cos(phi_mesh);
y = r * sin(theta_mesh) .* sin(phi_mesh);
z = r * cos(theta_mesh);
% Plot the sphere
figure;
surf(x, y, z, 'FaceColor', 'interp', 'EdgeColor', 'none');
colormap('jet'); % Color scheme
shading interp; % Smooth shading
camlight headlight; % Add headlight-type lighting
lighting gouraud; % Use Gouraud shading for smooth color transitions
title('Sphere: x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 4');
xlabel('x-axis');
ylabel('y-axis');
zlabel('z-axis');
colorbar; % Add color bar to indicate height values
axis square; % Maintain aspect ratio to be square
view([-30, 20]); % Set a nice viewing angle
I am often talking to new MATLAB users. I have put together one script. If you know how this script works, why, and what each line means, you will be well on your way on your MATLAB learning journey.
% Clear existing variables and close figures
clear;
close all;
% Print to the Command Window
disp('Hello, welcome to MATLAB!');
% Create a simple vector and matrix
vector = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
matrix = [1, 2, 3; 4, 5, 6; 7, 8, 9];
% Display the created vector and matrix
disp('Created vector:');
disp(vector);
disp('Created matrix:');
disp(matrix);
% Perform element-wise multiplication
result = vector .* 2;
% Display the result of the operation
disp('Result of element-wise multiplication of the vector by 2:');
disp(result);
% Create plot
x = 0:0.1:2*pi; % Generate values from 0 to 2*pi
y = sin(x); % Calculate the sine of these values
% Plotting
figure; % Create a new figure window
plot(x, y); % Plot x vs. y
title('Simple Plot of sin(x)'); % Give the plot a title
xlabel('x'); % Label the x-axis
ylabel('sin(x)'); % Label the y-axis
grid on; % Turn on the grid
disp('This is the end of the script. Explore MATLAB further to learn more!');
Gabriel
Gabriel
Last activity on 29 Mar 2024

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.
Suppose I want to use tiledlayout to draw a 4*6 figure. Now I want to let the first and second row of figures share the same ylabels, and so do the third and the fourth. But I did not find a way to do this. I tried to create two different tiledlayout on one figure, but tiledlayout did not allow me to do so. Thus, any suggestions?

Englisch Translate Französisch Deutsch Deutsch Russisch PONS Deepl übersetzer Spanisch Deutsch DeepL kostenlos Deutsch Englisch hallo, ich bitte um Hilfe! Seit Jahren habe ich Konto auf Thingspeak, den ich für meinen Zweck nicht richtig nutzen kann. Ich kann "Upoad to meine private Chanel", aber das lesen funktioniert nicht, weder in ArdunioIDE, noch Ardunio iot kann ich die gesendete Daten (Temperatur) von einem anderen Board lesen, es ist egal, ob ESP8266, ESP32, MKR, oder UnoWifi Rev2. Nichts! Die Beispiele im Bibliotek sind eine Katastrophe, "wetter-chanel" und diese funktionieren auch nicht. Auch nicht die von GitHub. Es sollte aber einfach sein, denn auf meiner Seite sehe ich ja "GET"+ url. inkl json+result.

Wo gibt es eine richtige sketch für "read private chanel/field" , welche funktioniert? Man braucht nicht die Wifi-Enstellungen, sondern den code für die Abfrage, "Serial.print"(value)"

Bitte um Hilfe, danke schön.

hello, I ask for help! I've had an account on Thingspeak for years, but I can't use it properly for my purpose. I can "Upoad to my private Chanel", but reading doesn't work, neither in ArdunioIDE nor Ardunio iot can I read the sent data (temperature) from another board, it doesn't matter whether ESP8266, ESP32, MKR, or UnoWifi Rev2. Nothing! The examples in the library are a disaster, "weather-chanel" and they don't work either. Not even the one from GitHub. But it should be easy, because on my site I see “GET”+ url. including json+result.

Where is there a proper sketch for "read private chanel/field" that works? You don't need the WiFi settings, but the code for the query, "Serial.print"(value)"

Please help, thank you very much.

Hello Everyone,
I'm running an IoT project at my university using a free . Basically, my system uploads the sensor data to 4 different fields of a ThingSpeak channel and I'm reading from or writing to the channel through Simulink. I have a few questions regarding this topic:
  1. I'm trying to upload to the server every 3 seconds (which seemed to be providing the best results so far). Since the channel only accepts data transmit every 15 seconds, what is the optimized upload interval rate to match the interval rate of the channel? Because otherwise I have realized that my interval rate can go up to 1min sometimes for some reason.
  2. Is reading from/writing to the channel through simulink while the system is uploading data to the channel slow down th whole process? What is your overall suggestion in this case?
I'm excited to hear your suggestions and experiences!
Regards,
Ege
In one line of MATLAB code, compute how far you can see at the seashore. In otherwords, how far away is the horizon from your eyes? You can assume you know your height and the diameter or radius of the earth.
Product Models:LPS8N dragino
Firmware Version: lgw--build-v5.4.1704801796-20240109-2005
Hi all
at the moment i can not work with CODE dragino lora to gateway LPS8N and MQTT thingSpeak.
with root commands i can send DATA to thingspeak
mosquito_pub -d -h mqtt3.thingspeak.com -p 1883 -u PSoyJxYWBTQ9Hx8cExMZ... -I PSoyJxYWBTQ9Hx8cExM.... -P hCEd77jdiziYzUV6ygl.... -t channels/2466703/publish -m “field1=100&field2=100&status=MQTTPUBLISH”
so my question there anybody that can work with LPS8N dragino to MQTT ThingSpeak? which code arduino are using?
thanks in advance to answer.
Nelson
David
David
Last activity on 26 Mar 2024

A bit late. Compliments to Chris for sharing.
Athanasios Paraskevopoulos
Athanasios Paraskevopoulos
Last activity on 17 Mar 2024

can you relate?
I am considering to use ThingSpeak for my use case which is electric motor drive where I want to do a predictive maintanace for.
Is it possible to use ThingSpeak to develop and evaluate the AI/ML model for such purpose and the deploy on realtime microcontroller?