Intelligence at the End of the Wire
In today’s world, computers are everywhere and in everything, as well as at the heart of our test equipment. If you would have told me 25 years ago that my oscilloscope would come with Windows® […]
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METAS VNA Tools
VNA Tools II is free and supports most of the Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs) in today’s market. The software simplifies your tasks of generating accurate measurement uncertainty and vindicating metrological traceability. The software is ideal […]
Calibrating a UUT on a Remote Computer Using Fluke MET/CAL®
by Michael Schwartz Current and next generation test equipment will be modular and tightly coupled with a computer’s operating system. Calibration labs have to be highly dynamic supporting all the measurement test systems turned in […]
The Cons of Automation
You will usually hear me talking about all the great things that automation brings. And for the most part automation is good. But it is not without its drawbacks and so, with this article, I […]
Data – The Unrealized Frontier
What can be done with the big data we have been collecting? The metrology industry is sitting on mountains of collected data. So why is it that most of us have yet to find value […]
Structure is EVERYTHING!
So what is good structure in software? What makes one language, design or architecture better than another? These are all very difficult questions to answer. So far, I have not found a litmus test; but […]
Thoughts on Metrology Software Life Cycles
I was having a long conversation the other day with a fellow software engineer. One of the topics we talked about for hours was software life cycles and how metrology software is not like most […]
GPIB to USB – Another Way
More and more of the hardware we have to automate comes standard with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) communication interface. Manufacturers are replacing the older RS-232 with USB; with its low price and high speed […]