Modular vs. Monolithic Automation

December 14, 2017 Office 0

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

December 14, 2017 Office 0

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 […]

History of Lowry PMEL School

December 14, 2017 Office 0

by Sita Schwartz, Editor For an industry outsider looking in, an awful lot of metrology technicians and metrologists have their background in the military. There’s a reason for that: Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratories (PMEL) schools […]

New edition of ISO/IEC 17025 just published | ISO News

December 1, 2017 Office 0

ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, is the international reference for laboratories carrying out calibration and testing activities around the world. Producing valid results that are widely trusted is […]