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Metrology Digitalization Workshop

July 26, 2024 Michael Schwartz

Last week, I had the privilege of presenting at NCSLI’s first annual “Metrology Digitalization Workshop,” a significant milestone in our field. I couldn’t help but reflect on the journey we’ve taken since 2002, when my […]

Remote Debugging in the 21st Century

May 15, 2024 Michael Schwartz

Now that more jobs have a “work from home” aspect, I thought I would focus this Automation Corner on how debugging has changed over the years. Back in the late 1990s, I first started working […]

Moving Away from Waterfall Metrology

February 1, 2024 Michael Schwartz

Over the years, I have had one foot in the metrology/test and measurement world and the other foot in software and software architecture. With two different perspectives, I tend to look at things from multiple […]

Thinking Outside the Box with Modular Design

October 21, 2023 Michael Schwartz

We have all heard this before: Think outside the box! But this is easier said than done. It is especially difficult to notice your own blinders because we all see things from our own point […]

A Better Way to MET/CAL® With a Twist of Object-Oriented Programming

July 27, 2023 Michael Schwartz

by Michael L. Schwartz Fluke MET/CAL® is a great tool for automation, but it is dated. Over the last 40 years, how we write, support, and maintain software has changed dramatically! We have moved from […]

Diff Tools & Revision Control

July 27, 2023 Michael Schwartz

Most revision control tools come with a diff tool of some kind. And if you develop software and don’t use revision control or a diff tool of some kind, I have to say, “WTF?” A […]

Will ChatGPT Replace Me?

April 22, 2023 Michael Schwartz

For those of you who have heard about ChatGPT or even played with it, this question of whether it will replace me doesn’t seem to be a question of “If” but more of a question […]

The Hidden Cost of Hardware Upgrades

December 31, 2022 Michael Schwartz

For years, I have been advocating and teaching the advantages of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and why we, in the metrology industry, need to move away from script-based programming for automation. This often involves explaining […]