Low-Code to No-Code Software Development
I am sure most calibration technicians and lab managers have never heard of Low-Code and No-Code software development. To be honest, before a year ago neither had I, but now I think this is going […]
Articles by Michael Schwartz
Michael Schwartz completed training at Lowry AFB in 1989 and was honorably discharged after 11 years of serving in the US Army. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Business Management and a minor in Computer Science. He spent two years writing compliance testing software and database applications while stationed at White Sands Missile Range in NM. After leaving the military, he wrote automation software for five years before starting his own automation engineering company in the Denver Metro area. Since 2003, Cal Lab Solutions, Inc. has provided automation solutions to calibration labs around the world.
International Digital Calibration Certificate
In the past 20 years, having a digital representation of a calibration certificate has been a topic of discussion. I remember attending my very first NCSLI Workshop & Symposium in 2001 and sitting in on […]
Is Basic Dead?
Microsoft recently announced they will be dropping future support for Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) and focusing more on C# and other language support. I find this to be a great loss, especially for metrology. For […]
Metrology Automation Lunch & Learn
Wow, how the world can change in just a few months. And each of us have had to adjust to the changing times. We at Cal Lab Solutions decided to start a Metrology Automation Lunch […]
Let’s Face It, Metrology Software is Complex!
I have been writing custom metrology software for the last 20 years. And over the years, I have learned better, more efficient ways to write custom software. With every iteration, we discovered new ways to […]
Comments on Unsustainable Software
I recently visited one of my largest customers. They have a huge internal self-maintainer calibration program and years ago they decided they wanted to get all their calibration system on a single platform. They went […]
Creating Sustainable Metrology Software
We are currently in a 30 year old software rut. There is nothing new on the market designed specifically for metrology. This paper is on both the direction the rest of the software industry is […]
Moving Metrology Forward
I just got back from the 2019 A2LA Technical Forum in Reston, Virginia and I was uber impressed with the size of the show. If you saw me there, I am sure we talked about […]