wrong frequencies using FFT in matlab?

[Piierre]

I am new to signal processing and are trying to retrieve
the main frequency from a signal sampled with a samp.freq.
of 1kHz. I have been looking at a lot at different FFT:s
and I would like some help to understand them.

To find out how this stuff works I start with creating a
sinussignal in Matlab with the frequency of 1.029Hz

fs=1000;
length=20;
m=(1/fs:1/fs:length);
m=m';
f=1.5029;
signal=sin(2*pi*m*f);



If I perform an FFT on this signal the plot shows me a
frequency of 1.5Hz. What is the reason for this?

I have noticed that if I fix the edges of the signal so the
the sinus wave starts in the amplitude zero and end at
zero, then the FFT plot shows a frequency at 1.5027 which
is closer to what I set the sinussignal to be.
Can anyone explain this and what is the best way to get the
real frequency(1.5029)?

 

[mondunno]

when u're using fft, use length= powers of 2

where is the fft part of code?

when u tell sin starts at 0 phase and ends with 0 phase, gives correct results? then whatz happening is called fft leakage(for the signal which is not this case).
google out the topic for fft leakage.

mon