AI, the Cloud, & IoT
by Michael Schwartz The next three technologies that will change the world as we know it will be artificial intelligence (AI) running in the cloud, working with the Internet of Things (IoT). Yes, that is […]
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Making Smokestack Emissions Tests Better, Faster, Cheaper | NIST
February 27, 2018 – Smokestacks at coal-fired power plants have sensors that continuously monitor their emissions by measuring the flow of gases such as carbon dioxide, mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. By federal law, […]
Growth Opportunities in the Calibration and Repair Services Market, Forecast to 2022
February 2018 – The calibration and repair services market in North America and Europe is anticipated to reach $3.98 billion by 2022, driven by the increase in quality awareness, greater adoption of metrology in the […]
Industry demand for calibration services drives reinstatement of Primary Liquid Densitometer | NEL News
Thursday, February 01, 2018 – Following high levels of demand, NEL’s density calibration service is upgrading the level of accuracy it offers by reinstating the Primary Densitometer in its facility. “The Densitometer Calibration Facility has […]
A Stopwatch for Nanofluids: NIST Files Provisional Patent for Measuring Nanoliter Flow Rates | NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has filed a provisional patent application for a microflow measurement system, about the size of a nickel, that can track the movement of extremely tiny amounts of […]
New NIST Spectrometer Measures Single Photons with Great Precision | NIST
Future communications networks that are less vulnerable to hacking could be closer to reality with an invention that measures the properties of single-photon sources with high accuracy. Built by scientists at the National Institute of […]
Modular vs. Monolithic Automation
by Michael Schwartz Over the past 30 years of my software and automation career, I have migrated to a modular approach to software design. I come from an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) background and I […]
Basic Rise Time Measurements
by Jerry Eldred Although rise time is a common calibration measurement in pulse/function generators and some oscilloscopes, it is often not well understood. Making a good rise time measurement is somewhat similar to home stereo […]