If one searches the web these days, one will find several posts from people asking which platform is the best one for inexpensive projects; Arduino or Raspberry Pi. This is probably a bad question to be asked, as each one of these platforms has a different niche, a different application. Arduino is microcontroller based, and […]
LabVIEW for Arduino: When Open Source Meets Test and Measurements
The open source revolution certainly has taken the world by storm. What started as something that could be pegged as something for Academia only and as utopia in the cut throat commercial world in the early seventies is now a reality. It has changed the way our kids learn, the speed technology evolves, the level […]
Large Data Sets – Is Big Data Also for Test and Measurements?
One of the most overused terms of the past couple of years or so have been Big Data and the Internet of Things. The amazing new database technology that companies like Google, Yahoo and Facebook have developed to handle large data sets have contributed to take the concept of Internet of Things out of the […]
Strategic Consulting Services
Several companies state they execute mission critical test and measurements projects for their clients. They advertise they reduce the risk for their clients by handling test and measurements projects from head to tail, with minimum involvement from the client. I believe that to be the exact opposite of how mission critical project should be executed. […]
Challenges in Hiring a LabVIEW Programmer
With LabVIEW quickly becoming the standard application environment for test and measurements applications, it is obvious that a much higher number of LabVIEW programmers are now available to be hired than in past years. National Instruments has done a phenomenal job in promoting LabVIEW to younger and younger kids from college age all the way […]
What Does It Take to be a LabVIEW Expert in Today’s Test and Measurements Climate?
Technology advancements of the last few years and the solidification of the so called information age have changed the test and measurements industry and, consequently, the requirements for a LabVIEW consultant to be a true expert in the field. The complexity of the so called “LabVIEW applications” has evolved to become the complexity of the “test […]
A Path for Higher Test and Measurements ROI
In today’s competitive business setting, where low prices combined with the highest number of features possible packed in every end user product has reached an unprecedented high, organizations are forced to always perform a thorough ROI, Return on Investment, analysis before any investment. A bad expenditure decision can impact the final price and quality of the […]
Challenges in Working with Test and Measurements Consultants
Several clients of TSXperts come to us when their projects have already fallen into a cliff, and a significant number of these projects were driven there by test and measurements consultants. Contrary to what it may seem, the engagement of such professionals is not a guarantee of project success, especially in the test and measurements […]
The Main Driver of Test and Measurements Project Failure
What is the main driver of test and measurements project failure? The test and measurement industry certainly has evolved significantly in these over seventeen years or so that I have been involved in it. The typical challenges back a couple of decades were heavily associated with the toolset available to the typical Test Engineer. LabVIEW, […]
