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what is the most relevant programming language for ee?

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xrunner:

--- Quote from: Beamin on November 04, 2018, 04:33:50 pm ---Can you get away without learning a programming language and still be relevant in the field after school to employers?

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I wouldn't think you'd be smart to try to "get away" without learning one. Matter of fact, I'd say you wouldn't be able to graduate at all because it would be a requirement, I'm sure of that LOL.  ::)

coppice:

--- Quote from: Beamin on November 04, 2018, 04:33:50 pm ---Can you get away without learning a programming language and still be relevant in the field after school to employers?

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Can you get through an EE degree of any kind without learning Matlab?

kripton2035:
as a programming language, I learned Basic during my EE degree, 30 years ago ...
well I did not learn it because I knew it before, but that's all we were teached at that time.

Nusa:
In a technical field, unless you've found and gotten stuck in a particular niche, you continue learning for your entire career. One of the most important lessons you get from your formal education is learning how to teach yourself, if you didn't know already.

rstofer:

--- Quote from: coppice on November 04, 2018, 04:59:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: Beamin on November 04, 2018, 04:33:50 pm ---Can you get away without learning a programming language and still be relevant in the field after school to employers?

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Can you get through an EE degree of any kind without learning Matlab?

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Well, we did!  When I graduated in '73, I was probably the only student with unlimited access to a computer and the IBM Circuit Analysis Program.  The HP35 calculator had just been invented and we had gone to the moon with slide rules.

So, yes, you can avoid MATLAB but I don't think it's a good idea to try.  Remember "Statics"?  There were a lot of matrices to solve and MATLAB makes it elegant.  Same for circuit analysis - all those simultaneous equations using complex numbers!  I can solve a 3x3 matrix by hand.  I don't even want to try to solve a 4x4.  It's not difficult, it's just error prone and who wants to spend a lot of time getting the wrong answer.

It's a side issue to this discussion but don't overlook SymboLab.com for graphing and desmos.com for equation solving.

As to EE, there's a MATLAB book: "Solving DC and AC Circuits By Example Using MATLAB" by Haskell and Hanna.  There are a lot of MATLAB books and I think I am most interested in those relating to Physics.  I really like undergrad Physics.

And another:  "Electronics and Circuit Analysis Using MATLAB" by Attia

Our local community college has a required MATLAB course for lower division engineering.  Required!

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