Automation Corner
Troubleshooting Automation Software
I can’t tell you how many times I have received an email or text message saying, “It doesn’t work!” Well, what doesn’t work? Can you give me any details? So I thought I would put […]
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Product Announcements
IndySoft Unveils the IndySoft Scales Calibration App, an Easy, Quick Way to Complete NIST Handbook 44-Compliant Calibrations
CHARLESTON, S.C., March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — IndySoft (www.indysoft.com), a global leader in calibration and asset management software, introduces the IndySoft Scales Calibration App- a fast, easy-to-use solution designed to help scale calibration companies maximize accuracy, […]
Product Announcements
IndySoft Introduces EasyCert, a New Turn-Key Solution for Instant Access to Calibration Data
CHARLESTON, SC — MARCH 4, 2025 IndySoft (www.indysoft.com), a global leader in calibration and asset management software, is excited to introduce EasyCert, a powerful, simple new solution that keeps organizations audit-ready at all times, provides […]
Product Announcements
New software release for precision surface analysis
Pittsburgh, PA and Besançon, France – Jan 30, 2025 — Peak Metrology, automated metrology equipment designer and manufacturer, and Digital Surf, editor of analysis software solutions for profilometry, microscopy and spectroscopy, have announced the release […]
Automation Corner
The Problems with Hardware Emulation Modes
Let me start with “I hate it!” It is okay for simple tasks, but calibration and metrology is not a simple task. Often, what we do in automation is very complex—getting into the low-level settings […]
Automation Corner
Don’t Run Your Calibration Lab Like Blockbuster
One of the quotes I love is by Henry Ford: “If I asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Another quote is from Neil deGrasse Tyson: “In the 1900s, horses […]
Automation Corner
Metrology Digitalization Workshop
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 […]
Automation Corner
Remote Debugging in the 21st Century
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 […]