Software is Cheaper Labor
Over the years I have watched several labs go through the decision process to purchase new hardware. Most labs have the same process: look at the work load requiring the new hardware, and calculate the […]
Automation Corner
No Faking Automation
by Michael Schwartz Automation has its own quality system automatically built in. When software performs the same test, the same way over and over again, it can’t be wrong. There is no fake it till […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thoughts on Database Design
I am most known in the industry for my abilities related to writing automated calibration procedures. I have created projects in VB, Lab View, MET/CAL®, MUDCATS, C#, C++, and RMB, just to name a few. […]
SOA/CMC Editor & Search Tools
Over the past four years, we at Cal Lab Solutions have been heads-down coding and designing new features for Metrology.NET®. Our goal has been to Make Metrology Better! The key members of our team are […]
Creating a Metrology Taxonomy
by Michael Schwartz & David Zajac Metrology is the science of measurement. For thousands of years we have been creating newer and better ways of measuring things, but in all that time, metrology still lacks […]
Uncertainty Calculations That Excel!
The other day I read an article titled “Five easy steps for adding measurement uncertainties to your calibration data.” It described a very easy process of copying cells from one Microsoft Excel® file to another, […]