Ask HN: Alternative to Matlab for control system design?
Specifically I'm looking for a (free) language that has available add-ons for things like transfer functions, bode plots, LTI simulations, etc.
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I think this might be it:
http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/
Also look here for extra packages for octave: http://octave.sourceforge.net/
Thanks. Since I have started to learn Python (for a different application), is there any way to get these Matlab-like functions in Python?
have a look and see if scipy/numpy have what you want
matplotlib comes pretty close to the nice plots if you need those
matplotlib comes pretty close to the nice plots if you need those