Matlab Project Ideas: 70+ Creative Ideas for Students

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The discussion centers around project ideas for an Intro to MATLAB class, with a specific suggestion to simulate a communications channel. This project involves inputting digital data from a file, modulating a carrier signal, adding random noise, and then demodulating the signal to compare it with the original data. Participants are encouraged to graph the error rate against noise levels and explore various modulation and demodulation schemes to optimize performance. This project not only provides practical experience but also deepens understanding of signal processing concepts.

PREREQUISITES
  • Basic understanding of MATLAB programming
  • Familiarity with digital signal processing concepts
  • Knowledge of modulation and demodulation techniques
  • Ability to graph data using MATLAB plotting functions
NEXT STEPS
  • Research MATLAB functions for file input and output
  • Learn about different modulation techniques such as BPSK and QPSK
  • Explore MATLAB's capabilities for adding noise to signals
  • Study methods for analyzing error rates in communication systems
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Students in introductory MATLAB courses, educators seeking project ideas for coursework, and anyone interested in practical applications of digital signal processing.

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I need to do a final project for my Intro to MATLAB class and I have no idea what to do it on. Does anyone have any ideas for a program I could create? Other students are doing card tricks or games like MASH.
 
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cmajor47 said:

Homework Statement


I need to do a final project for my Intro to MATLAB class and I have no idea what to do it on. Does anyone have any ideas for a program I could create? Other students are doing card tricks or games like MASH.

Simulating a communications channel would be a good project. Have some input digital data in a file, modulate a carrier with the data, add some level of random noise to the data in the "channel", then demodulate the result to compare to the original data. Graph the error rate versus the level of noise that you introduce into the channel. Then you could try different modulation/demod schemes, to see which ones give you the best error rate performance.

Fun project! Even if you just do a simplified version of it, you will still learn a lot.
 

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