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Dear contest participants,
Happy Friday! I am thrilled to share some exciting news with you. Cleve Moler, the father of MATLAB, has just published a captivating blog post dedicated to our outstanding Flipbook Mini Hack contest!
In his blog post, Cleve expresses his genuine admiration for the multitude of creative styles, artistic talents, and ingenious programming techniques that have been showcased throughout the contest. What's even more remarkable is that he handpicked some of his personal favorites! You don't want to miss this opportunity to see what Cleve has to say.
But that's not all! Your exceptional animations have sparked immense interest among the MathWorks teams. This means you have a direct impact on the next generation of animation tools in MATLAB! We value your thoughts and ideas, so please don't hesitate to share them with us.
Let's keep up the phenomenal work in the remaining two weeks, and together, we'll continue to push the boundaries of creativity and innovation.
Wishing you all an incredible weekend ahead!
Enthusiastically yours,
Chen
Dedicated to all Flipbook contest lovers! :D

In just one week, we have about 200 amazing animations! We see many creative and compelling animations and more importantly a lot of FUN!
Now, let the voting begin! Vote on the animations you love. Also, share them with your friends, classmates, or colleagues. Show the world the beauty of mathematics!
Mini Hack Winners - Week 1
You probably can imagine how hard it is to pick the winners, given so many awesome entries there are! We came up with several categories:
Landscape:
Trees:
Illusion:
Cartoon:
MATropolis:
Geometry:
Congratulations to the winners! Each of you won your choice of a T-shirt, a hat, or a coffee mug. We will contact you after the contest ends.
Finally, we encourage all of you to share your experiences, thoughts, and feedback in our new contest discussions channel!
Loving all the animations I'm seeing so far and feeling so inspired and impressed by what y'all are sharing. Thanks for loading me up with new topics to learn about!
The Flipbook contest is currently in full swing! It's been truly inspiring to see the incredible artwork you've all created using MATLAB! Checkout the gallery page if you haven't already.
We have some exciting news for our contestants today! In order to allow for more complex and unique creations, we've increased the MATLAB Evaluation timeout limit from 55 to 235 seconds!! So, don't hold back! Feel free to throw in those extra intricate lines of code without worrying about timeouts.
To all those already participating, we commend your efforts and encourage you to keep pushing your boundaries. And remember, there's always room for more. So, why not invite your friends and fellow MATLAB enthusiasts to join in the fun?

We also encourage everyone to engage in the contest discussions channel. Share your experiences, insights, and feedback about this contest. Your contributions enrich our community and help us improve future contests.
Looking forward to seeing more and more entries in coming weeks!
when I examine the data stream on an arduino ide I get a lot of "stuff" which I dont understand.
1 what does it mean?
2 how do I prevent it?
We reached the 100 animations milestone in less than 3 days! We are thrilled to see so many creative entries and talented members learning from each other.
Note that this contest is not just for experts. People with all skill levels can participate, improve their MATLAB skills, and have fun!
We have created new resources and tips for you to get started.
- Contest introductory video. The 3-minute video provides you with a quick introduction to how the contest works and how to create a simple animation.
- Animations blog post. The post demonstrates some coding techniques that can make your animations easier.
- AI Chat Playground. This is a new community app we just released. You can leverage the Generative AI tool to write initial draft MATLAB code or modify existing one.
- Get ideas from previous Mini Hack contests. There is a large gallery of amazing images, which provide you with ideas and code to start with.
- Remix is highly encouraged. Learning from others is the most effective way to learn. Make some SMALL changes and see what it would look like.

We look forward to seeing more of you joining us and having more fun!
Unlike last year's contest, there are some new technologies this year that might offer some advantages. Namely generative AI's like ChatGPT, Bard, etc. Not to be excluded, MathWorks just launched the AI Chat Playground :)
Hello,
i want to write the power data from my Tasmota IR Device to my channels, but it does not work.
I have created 3 channels and i use the correct write API in the script. I use the following script:
>D
>B
=>sensor53 r
>S
if upsecs%20==0
then
=>WebSend [api.thingspeak.com] /update.json? api_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&field1=%sml[1]%&field2=%sml[2]%&field3=%sml[3]%
endif
>M 1
+1,3,s,0,9600,
1,77070100010800ff@1000,Total consumption,kWh,total_in,2
1,77070100020800ff@1000,Total feed-in,kWh,total_out,2
1,77070100100700ff@1,Power,W,power_curr,0
#
I get the messages in the console that the data was send but my channels stay empty.
What do i miss ?
Thanks for help
good afternoon everyone my name is Dundu lawan haruna ,i'm a final year student at the department of computer engineering ABU Zaria, Nigerian , and i wanted to do my final year project based on computer vision : project topic , designing an eye glasses to help those people with visual imparement to be able to navigate enviroment efficiently , that's why i need a support from you guys ,all advised are highly well come , thank you for your support.
Participants across all skill levels are welcome to join! You can participate by creating a new animation or remixing an existing one with up to 2,000 characters of MATLAB code.
Contest Tips:
- Before you start, we highly recommend you check out the two examples - Bouncing and Spinning - to understand how the contest works.
- Share your thoughts, ask questions, or connect with others in our contest discussion channel.

Note that the first week (Nov. 6th, 2023, ~ Nov. 12th, 2023) is for creating entries only. Voting does not begin until the second week.
We look forward to seeing your creative work. Let the contest begin!
I am collecting Data at 1 minute intervals using esp8266, the data is then sent to Thingspeak on the minute intervals. However I would like to store the data collection on the esp Ram. I am using batteries to power the circuits , if I can store the data and send it on demand I can save quite a bit of battery energy (used up by wifi) - (I already use sleep mode between intervals). As well as using Thingspeak to visuliase the data, I also use a third part app called Thingview which 'feeds' off thingspeak. I am looking for a way to trigger the 'data send' upon opening thinkspeak chanel,so rather than sending every minute it might need to be accessed two or three times a day, is this possible?
Thanks Edward
Hi!
I can't see my data in the charts. I'm using arduino wifi and the connection works.
Maybe I did something wrong in this options

Is there a way to get a handle or link to the database each time I do a WRITE or group of WRITEs? I need to access the set of records that comprises a user session, which could be many WRITEs. My impression is that Thingspeak appears as a continuous stream with no way to mark a set of WRITEs as a group or session. Methods I have tried like retrieval (READs) using timestamps and other after-the-fact queries are not very accurate or user friendly. Thanks.
we are planning to design a drive for an EV using synchronous reluctance motor. To move further we need some drive circuits for simulating and comparing various motors with synchronous reluctance to justify our literature survey. can we get som circuit suggestions?
I am running the code from the following URL: https://kr.mathworks.com/help/comm/ref/comm.ricianchannel-system-object.html. I copied and executed the example to visualize the channel's impulse response. However, when I run the same code multiple times with the same path gains and delays, I get different impulse response results each time. What could be the reason for this?
This behavior is unexpected because the code and settings are the same for each run, and the impulse response should remain constant.
This is the code.
fs = 3.84e6; % Sample rate in Hz
pathDelays = [0 200 800 1200 2300 3700]*1e-9; % in seconds
avgPathGains = [0 -0.9 -4.9 -8 -7.8 -23.9]; % dB
kfact = 10; % Rician K-factor
fD = 50; % Max Doppler shift in Hz
ricianChan = comm.RicianChannel( ...
SampleRate=fs, ...
PathDelays=pathDelays, ...
AveragePathGains=avgPathGains, ...
KFactor=kfact, ...
MaximumDopplerShift=fD, ....
Visualization='Impulse and frequency responses');
ricianChan(0.1);
The two images below show the results of running the same code.

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could help me with how I can simplify this part of my script, specifically scenario 1-3, so that it is easier to read. Perhaps with functions etc. (the comments are in swedish sorry heh. But the script works).
Thanks in advance!
F1_batt_till_P19 = zeros(8760,length(Effekt)); % det som batteriet laddar upp fastigheten med
F1_Elkons_batt = zeros(8760,length(Effekt)); % konsumtionen från nätet av batteriet
F1_batterilast_tot = zeros(8760,length(Effekt)); % batterilasten lagras kontenueligt.
F1_elkonsum = [];
for k = 1: length(Effekt) % går igenom alla olika effekter mellan 100 - 1000 kW
F1_last_batt = 0; % batteriet måste nollas efter varje ny effekt.
batterikapacitet = Kapacitet(k); % såhär stort är batteriet beroende på effekten. Beror på C rate (blir dubbelt så stort som effekten).
batterikapacitet_min = batterikapacitet * SOC_low/100; % undre gräns
batterikapacitet_max = batterikapacitet *SOC_high/100; % övre gräns
F1_last_batt = batterikapacitet_min; % hur mycket kapacitet har batteriet. Finns det något . Börjar tomt.
for i = 1:12 % gå igenom månaderna
mon = [31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31];
slut = mon(i)*24;
% medelkonsumtionen (i kW) per månad Elkons_months_eft(744,12)
medel_kons = mean(Elkons_months_eft(1:slut, i)); % Månadens medelkonsumtion
for m = 1:slut % gå igenom timmarna per månad
% går igenom varje timme (m), för varje månad (i).
% scenario 1 - batteriet laddar ur till medelvärdet
if Elkons_months_eft(m,i) > medel_kons
topp = Elkons_months_eft(m,i) - medel_kons; % storleken på toppen över medelvärde
% Om batteriet inte är tomt från början. Om det kan laddas ur.
if F1_last_batt > batterikapacitet_min
% Om batteriet kan laddas ur med hela efffekten utan att gå under min
if (F1_last_batt - Effekt(k)) >= batterikapacitet_min
% Om toppen är större eller lika med än vad som får kapas med batteriet - hela effekten används.
if topp >= Effekt(k) % A
F1_batt_till_P19( (24*sum(mon(1:i-1)) + m) ,k) = Effekt(k); % effekt under timmen som batteriet tillgodoser till Pyramiden 19
F1_last_batt = F1_last_batt - Effekt(k); % batteriet laddas ur med hela effekten den timmen
% Om toppen inte är större än effekten - hela toppen kapas.
else % B
F1_batt_till_P19((24*sum(mon(1:i-1)) + m) ,k) = topp;
F1_last_batt = F1_last_batt - topp;
end
% Om batteriet inte kan tömmas med hela effekten.
else
liten_effekt = F1_last_batt - batterikapacitet_min; % mängden som kan laddas ur.
% Om toppen är större än det vi kan använda – allt som är kvar används
if topp >= liten_effekt % C
F1_batt_till_P19((24*sum(mon(1:i-1)) + m) , k) = liten_effekt; % effekt under timmen som batteriet tillgodoser till Pyramiden 19
F1_last_batt = F1_last_batt - liten_effekt; % batteriet laddas ur till min
% Om toppen inte är större än det vi kan använda - hela toppen kapas
else % D
F1_batt_till_P19( (24*sum(mon(1:i-1)) + m) ,k) = topp;
F1_last_batt = F1_last_batt - topp;
end
end
end
% scenario 2 - batteriet laddar upp och tar från nätet
elseif Elkons_months_eft(m,i) < medel_kons
% Om batteriet inte är fullt
if F1_last_batt < batterikapacitet_max
% Om det får plats en laddning av hela effekten – Batteriet laddas upp
if (F1_last_batt + Effekt(k)) <= batterikapacitet_max
% Om uppladdningen inte överstiger medelvärdet – Batteriet laddas upp med effekten
if (Elkons_months_eft(m,i) + Effekt(k)) <= medel_kons % A
F1_Elkons_batt((24*sum(mon(1:i-1)) + m),k) = Effekt(k); % mängden som tas från nätet
F1_last_batt = F1_last_batt + Effekt(k);
% Om uppladdningen överstiger medelvärdet – Batteriet laddas upp med det som går
else % B
till_medel = medel_kons - Elkons_months_eft(m,i);
F1_Elkons_batt((24*sum(mon(1:i-1)) + m),k) = till_medel;
F1_last_batt = F1_last_batt + till_medel;
end
% Om det får plats mindre än hela efffekten i en laddning – Batteriet laddas fullt
else
plats = batterikapacitet_max - F1_last_batt; % det som får plats i batteriet
% Om elkonsumtionen ej överstiger medelvärdet – Batteriet laddas upp till max-taket
if (Elkons_months_eft(m,i) + plats) <= medel_kons % C
F1_Elkons_batt((24*sum(mon(1:i-1)) + m),k) = plats;
F1_last_batt = F1_last_batt + plats;
% Om elkonsumtionen överstiger medelvärdet – Batteriet laddas upp med det som går
else % D
till_medel = medel_kons - Elkons_months_eft(m,i);
F1_Elkons_batt((24*sum(mon(1:i-1)) + m),k) = till_medel;
F1_last_batt = F1_last_batt + till_medel;
end
end
end
% scenario 3 - om inget händer
elseif Elkons_months_eft(m,i) == medel_kons
% inget händer. Precis som jag vill ha det.
end
F1_batterilast_tot((24*sum(mon(1:i-1)) + m),k) = F1_last_batt; % lägger in batterilasten för timmen i en lista.
end % slut - for timmar per mån (m)
end %slut for - månaderna (i)
% tar bort den sista uppladdningen av batteriet så det kommer ner till min värdet iaf
% får ta bort min värdet kostnaden sen manuellt.
for p = 0:(8760-1)
% Om batteriet har laddning över min kvar i slutet
if F1_last_batt > batterikapacitet_min
over = F1_last_batt - batterikapacitet_min;
% Om platsen är större än eller lika med laddningen på batteriet – Batteriet töms ner till min
if F1_Elkons_batt(end-p,k) >= over
F1_Elkons_batt(end-p,k) = F1_Elkons_batt(end-p,k) - over;
F1_last_batt = batterikapacitet_min;
F1_batterilast_tot(end-p,k) = batterikapacitet_min;
% Om platsen är mindre än laddningen på batteriet – Batteriet töms med hela platsen
elseif F1_Elkons_batt(end-p,k) < over
F1_last_batt = F1_last_batt - F1_Elkons_batt(end-p,k);
F1_batterilast_tot(end-p,k) = batterikapacitet_min;
F1_Elkons_batt(end-p,k) = 0;
end
end
end
end % slut for - effekt (k)
% summerar ihop året till ett värde. Får ett värde för varje effekt.
F1_elkonsum_sum =[];
F1_batt_till_P19_sum =[];
F1_Elkons_batt_sum = [];
F1_effekttopp_medel_year = []; % medel effekttopp under året
for v = 1:length(Effekt)
F1_elkonsum(:,v) = (Elkonsumtion_eft(:,1) - F1_batt_till_P19(:,v)) + F1_Elkons_batt(:,v); % elnätskonsumtion under året
F1_elkonsum_sum(v) = sum(F1_elkonsum(:,v));
F1_batt_till_P19_sum(v) = sum(F1_batt_till_P19(:,v));
F1_Elkons_batt_sum(v) = sum(F1_Elkons_batt(:,v));
end
% figure; yyaxis right; plot(F1_elkonsum(:,20));
% hold on; plot(Elkonsumtion_eft(:,1));
% hold on; yyaxis left; plot(F1_batterilast_tot(:,20)); legend('Konsum','ladd');
% Beräknar maxeffekten (toppen) för varje månad för alla effekter. Blir en 12 x length(effekt) lista
% Den går per rad och tar maxeffekten för månaden för alla kolumner = för alla olika effekter.
F1_effekttopp_months = zeros(12,length(Effekt)); % effekttopp under månaden för alla olika effekter.
mon = [31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31];
for b = 1:12
F1_effekttopp_months(b,:) = max(F1_elkonsum( (24*sum(mon(1:b-1)) + 1) : 24*sum(mon(1:b)) , : ) ); % [kW]
end
% beräknar medeleffekten för året
for v = 1:length(Effekt)
F1_effekttopp_medel_year(v) = mean(F1_effekttopp_months(:,v));
end
Recently, I came across a post about the JIT compiler on this Korean blog. In the post. The writer discussed the concept of the "Compile Threshold" and how it is calculated.
"The JVM accumulates the number of calls for each method called and compiles when the number exceeds a certain number. In other words, there is a standard for checking how often it is called and then deciding, 'It is time to compile.' This standard is called the compilation threshold. But what is this and why should it be used as a standard?"
The concept of the "Compile Threshold," as used above, seems to be more commonly associated with Tracing just-in-time compilation.
The writer used the simple Java code below to calculate the threshold.
for (int i = 0; i < 500; ++i) {
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
for (int j = 0; j < 1000; ++j) {
new Object();
}
long endTime = System.nanoTime();
System.out.printf("%d\t%d\n", i, endTime - startTime);
}
Since the MATLAB execution engine uses JIT compilation, I just wanted to perform the same experiment that the writer did.
I experimented using simple codes based on the code in the blog. I iterated a function 500 time using for-loop and calculated the execution time for each iteration using tic and toc. Then I plotted the execution time for each loop as blow. First five execution times are much higher than followings (10 times!) The test is very rough so I am not sure that I can conclude "MATLAB has Compile Threshold and it is 5!" but this value is actually correct ;-)
t0 = 0;
tfinal = 10;
y0 = [20;20];
timeToRun = zeros(500,1);
for i = 1:500
tStart = tic;
[preypeaks,predatorpeaks] = solvelotka(t0, tfinal, y0);
tEnd = toc(tStart);
timeToRun(i) = tEnd;
end

VS Code Extension for MATLAB was introduced back in April and has been downloaded 75K times since. Do people here use VS Code for writing MATLAB code?