Hey, this tutorial is about controlling your headless raspberry pi using matlab. You may have to install matlab to the latest version for support to newer raspberry pi board.

Supplies

Raspberry pi 3 (any latest model)

Matlab software

a LED light

220 ohm resistor

Step 1: Installing Necessaary Support Package in MATLAB

Click the addon icon on the matlab menu.
Search for MATLAB Support Package for Raspberry Pi Hardware
Download and install the package
Follow the procedure for the first time setup with matlab

Step 2: Get the Code

Download the matlab code from the link given below.

MATLAB File

Step 3: Coding

rpi=raspi('raspberrypi.mshome.net','pi','qwerty');

raspi is used to create connection with raspberry pi through ssh
raspberrypi.mshome.net- IP of pi pi-user name of your pi board
qwerty-password of your user account

showPins(rpi);

showPins is a command to show the pin out connection of your pi board connected.
you can find the GPIO pin number using this command

for i=1:10
	writeDigitalPin(rpi,21,1);
	pause(1);
        writeDigitalPin(rpi,21,0);
	pause(1);
end

for loop is used to perform an specific action for specified number of times.
writeDigitalPin is used to write GPIO pins as high and low outputs pause is created a delay specified in terms of seconds

Step 4: Run the Code in Section

Run the first section (CTRL+ENTER) and open the variable created in workspace.

Try to analyze the different parameters inside rpi.
It gives the total description of your pi board like number of pins, number of leds, i2c and everything available on-board.

Then run the second section to display the raspberry pi board pin diagram.