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Availability of Scilab 6.0.0 beta 2

Availability of Scilab 6.0.0 beta 2 We are happy to announce the release of the beta-2 version of Scilab 6.0.0, the upcoming revisited version of our open source platform for modeling, simulation & scientific data analysis. This 6.0.0 beta 2 is a release candidate for all users, commercial as well as community. Download Scilab 6.0.0 beta 2 Specific to this release:  --> Xcos - the graphical tool for dynamic systems modeling and simulation - also uses the new re-written Scilab engine, and is now running in native code, which should provide much better performance as well as support fo

Scilab & Arduino for low-cost data acquisition

For simple data acquisition tasks, Arduino represents an affordable and accessible platform. You can easily link your sensors to the analogic and digital I/Os. First of all, start by downloading the Arduino toolbox and the Serial communication toolbox on ATOMS. Then to get your connection between Scilab & Arduino, try out this tutorial Blinking LED Tutorial: The "Hello World" in electronics with Scilab and Xcos Here is a simple circuit for temperature acquisition directly controllable from Scilab & Xcos: To set it up, here is a tutorial for entry level test & me

Webinar for Measurement and Test Data Analysis with Scilab & Labview

In the field of industrial & scientific test & measurement, LabVIEW is an established platform for signal acquisition and instrument control. In addition to the real-time capabilities of LabVIEW, Scilab brings along post-processing of scientific data and advanced visualization. In order to get your started with this toolchain, we invite you to review this webinar presenting Scilab, the industrial use cases of our Software and four demos to let you discover step by step the join capabilities of Scilab and Labview: 1st Demo: Data transfer between Scilab and LabVIEW 2nd Demo: Emb

Publication of D-Booker's Scilab Fundamentals

Thanks to the translation of Perrine Mathieu, we are pleased to announce the publication of the book "Scilab - From Theory to practice: I. Fundamentals" This effort brings the work of the author Philippe Roux to the engineers & scientists from all over the world, who want to learn independently how to use the Software Scilab.  This book will teach you all the basics you need to compute, program and create plots with Scilab. Best practices certified by Scilab Enterprises! Buy it online on Amazon: US - UK - DE What You Will Learn This book will teach you all the basic Scilab concepts y

Scilab @ ICATT 2016 --> Orbit Simulation Tutorial

Following the advice of our long-time partners from the French Space Agency CNES, we are presenting today at the 6th International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques (ICATT). To demonstrate the capacities of Scilab in this field, here is a classical problem of space mechanics solved step-by-step: Satellite orbit around the earth Download the script:  myEarthRotation.sci 1.77 kB Download the full tutorial: Scilab Orbite Simulation.pdf 1.35 MB 1.   Express the physics problem  The problem is based on the universal law of gravitation: We write down Newton’s third law of m

Participation Google Summer Of Code 2016

We are selected for the Google Summer Of Code 2016 as a mentoring organization. Students, apply to take part in the development of Scilab The Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is an annual program organized by Google to promote the development of free software. Through this program, Google offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects during the spring. The participating projects are chosen on the reputation of the software, its quality and the relevance and feasibility of proposed projects. You are a student and interested in contributing to Scilab as

Availability of Scilab 6.0.0 beta 1

Today we are annoucing the release of Scilab 6.0.0 beta 1. Scilab 6.0 is a major new release of Scilab, the open source modeling & simulation platform. This beta version is a preview for all users, commercial as well as community. Among the new features of this release, you can find: --> New computation core enabling bigger data sets --> Improved Xcos allowing larger models --> Utilities for development productivity (debugger, profiler and coverage) --> Newsfeed (news, tips, and communication from the community and our team) For more details, see the complete release notes.

Scilab @ Embedded World 2016

Starting with the largest embedded systems' event of the year: Embedded World 2016, on 23 - 25 February 2016, in Nuremberg, Germany. We will be present on the booths of Evidence (Hall 4 / 4-545) and Emmtrix (Hall 4A, booth 520d) Scilab has many applications in the field of embedded systems : post-processing of test data automation of tasks prototyping of control algorithms identification of systems parameter simulation of control systems embedded

Signal acquisition and instrument control with the VISA Toolbox

Today Scilab Enteprises is releasing the first version of the VISA toolbox for signal acquisition and instrument control. Developed in partnership with National Instruments, this extension to Scilab provides a universal interface for measurement devices. This toolbox can work with most of the device suppliers on the market, in particular National Instruments and Agilent/HP. It supports a variety of devices, including: Digital multimeter (DMM) Oscilloscope Arbitrary waveform/function generator DC power supply AC power supply Spectrum analyzer RF signal generator Upconverter Downcon

Availability of Scilab 6.0.0 alpha 2

Today we are happy to announce the second alpha version of Scilab 6.0, the major future release of the open source platform for numerical computation. This release is a preview for developers, partners and community evaluation. It can be downloaded from the Scilab 6.0.0 Alpha 2 download page. This release brings improvements to the 6.0.0 Alpha 1, released earlier this year, including a few additional functionalities. We don't forsee any further alpha version. New features  • A full-featured debugger, with ability to run Scilab scripts or functions step-by-step, to put (conditional) brea