Metrology Automation Lunch & Learn
Wow, how the world can change in just a few months. And each of us have had to adjust to the changing times. We at Cal Lab Solutions decided to start a Metrology Automation Lunch […]
Automation Corner
Let’s Face It, Metrology Software is Complex!
I have been writing custom metrology software for the last 20 years. And over the years, I have learned better, more efficient ways to write custom software. With every iteration, we discovered new ways to […]
Comments on Unsustainable Software
I recently visited one of my largest customers. They have a huge internal self-maintainer calibration program and years ago they decided they wanted to get all their calibration system on a single platform. They went […]
Moving Metrology Forward
I just got back from the 2019 A2LA Technical Forum in Reston, Virginia and I was uber impressed with the size of the show. If you saw me there, I am sure we talked about […]
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 […]
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 […]