Introducing Hiller Product Reviews
October 23, 2020Back in the 1970s, I’m told IBM came up with a slogan you may have heard of: “No one got fired for buying an IBM computer.” Hmmmm, I wonder if that was really true. I sure don’t see any IBM computers anymore (Lenovo is a Chinese company these days). Regardless, that was a strong message […]
Artists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs Episode 7: Douglas Ferguson, President Voltage Control
October 13, 2020Episode 7 of Artists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs (ae2) introduces us to Douglas Ferguson, author of Beyond the Prototype and President of Voltage Control, a workshop agency that helps companies look past their current design processes. Douglas discovered early on that he was not built to be a cog in the big company machine and developed a passion […]
Hiller Measurements Named in $66M Award for Marine Corps Automatic Test Systems Program
September 28, 2020Hiller Measurements today announced we were awarded a $66,300,000 combined firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award contract for the Marine Corps Automatic Test Systems program, alongside two other companies. The contract will be used for the design and development of test program sets (TPS) and automatic test systems (ATS). This news follows the opening of our 41,000 […]
An Overview of Floating Point Equality
August 28, 2020As software engineers, particularly in the test and measurement industry, the singular purpose for many of our programs is determining whether a given DUT has passed or failed. How do we do this? Well, we measure things: voltages, currents, resistances, temperatures… the list goes on and on. But the measurements themselves aren’t sufficient. We need […]
Artists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs Episode 6: Daniel Robinson, Red 6
August 20, 2020Like many teenage boys in the 1980’s, when Daniel Robinson saw Top Gun, he had visions of one day becoming a real-life Maverick, flying planes at mach speeds. Unlike most Top Gun fans, Robinson actually turned that dream into a career that led to the creation of Red 6, a company that is now revolutionizing […]
Artists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs Episode 5: Paul Hiller, Hiller Measurements
August 11, 2020Episode 5 of Artists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs (ae2) is a special one. In this episode, we have a conversation with our own founder, Paul Hiller, about how Hiller Measurements came to be. Paul is a second-generation business owner who has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. His father had a company in the oil industry, and, […]
The Truth Succeeds on its Own Merit
July 29, 2020What is an acceptable level of risk you are willing to take? Would you consider base jumping for the first time? Or are you like me and only interested in binge watching others do it on YouTube? Last year, did you fly on commercial airlines, and if so, did that make you nervous? How about […]
The “Why” Behind Hiller Measurements: Ensuring Innovation Works
July 21, 2020Remember being asked this as a young person: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Or perhaps recently, you’ve met someone new and asked them: “What do you do for a living?” All are good questions. When we were young, what we wanted to do was often difficult to articulate. How we […]
Artists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs Episode 4: Greg Gill, SRO Motorsports America
July 1, 2020In episode 4 of Artists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs (ae2) we learn about going fast. Greg Gill, President of SRO Motorsports America, sits down with us to discuss the business of auto racing. SRO Motorsports America is part of a global group that organizes and promotes GT (grand touring) races internationally. Ever since man could walk, […]
A Symbol of Our Mission and Values: The HMFC Challenge Coin
June 25, 2020In ancient Rome, if a soldier performed admirably in battle, he received his normal pay plus an additional coin. This one was unique, though. It was minted with the insignia of the Legion from which it came. Most soldiers kept these unique coins, rather than spend them, as a special reminder of their service and […]