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I was recently on the road visiting my customers both new and old. During this trip I also wanted to check in with those customers we quoted but never got an actual purchase order from. […]
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PXI Interoperability – How to Achieve Multi-Vendor Interoperability in PXI Systems
by Dave Brannon Test system developers generally require a large variety of test instruments to meet system needs. When the instruments are sourced from different suppliers, the system developer must have confidence that they will […]
Interfacing with Instrumentation
Ever since I got into the metrology field, I have witnessed several changes related to how we interface with the test equipment. In the 1980s, there was very little automation; all the standards I had […]
Metrology, NOSQL & REST
The other day I had a frustrating conversation with a longtime friend and fellow developer related to metrology database design. My company built a system called Metrology.NET™ and designed it to work with any database […]
IniValueEditor
IniValueEditor.exe is a specialized editor for allowing safer and more convenient editing of INI files than using Notepad.exe. The editor was originally designed as an external extension tool to assist programs written using the Fluke […]
IC Measure: Free Software for On-Screen Measurement and Image Capture
IC Measure is a versatile, high-performance application for the measurement of lengths, surfaces and angles. Its simple user interface also provides image capture and image enhancement functions. The IC Measure calibration tool makes it possible […]
It’s All About Test Points
Recently, I had a conversation with a lab manager about their lab and how they measure productivity. This really got me to thinking about how we measure productivity in this industry. As in any industry, […]
RESTful Communications for Metrology
I have spent the better part of the last two years researching the ins and outs of enterprise solutions. I wanted to truly understand what makes these systems function, from both an implementation and user […]