Instrumentation

Measurement software and data acquisition pipelines for a national government research program, rebuilt so results come back faster without losing accuracy.

Sector
Government research
Status
Delivered
Period
Oct 2025 to Jun 2026
Result
25 to 50% lower latency

01The problem

Processing measurements took long enough that engineers waited on results between test runs, and any speed-up had to keep every reading exact.

  1. 01

    Slow processing

    The processing step sat between each run and its results, so waiting time added up across a day of testing.

  2. 02

    Handoffs between tools

    Data moved between acquisition and analysis in steps that were hard to repeat the same way twice.

  3. 03

    Accuracy is fixed

    Faster could not mean rougher. Every change had to produce the same readings as before.

02What we built

A faster path from sensor to result.

Measurement software and a rebuilt acquisition pipeline, with processing moved onto a high-performance path.

2.1Channel monitorIllustration

Every channel's reading, updated as the run goes, so a bad sensor shows up during the test rather than after it.

2.2Processing pipelineIllustration

One repeatable path from acquisition to stored results, rebuilt for speed.

2.3Run logIllustration

Each run leaves a record of what happened and when, so it can be repeated exactly.

03How it works

Sensor to result.

01

Sensor

Instruments produce raw signals on several channels.

02

Acquisition

Signals are read and time-stamped.

03

Filtering

Noise is removed from each channel.

04

Processing

Measurements computed on the fast path.

05

Results

Written for the engineers to analyse.

04Result

25 to 50%

Lower processing latency, with the same measurement accuracy.

05From the client

06Scope

Built
Precision measurement software, data acquisition pipelines, high-performance processing
Period
October 2025 to June 2026
Result
Processing latency down 25 to 50%
Status
Delivered
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