Test & calibration automation
Automate your calibration and test benches without replacing your instruments.
I'm Justin Fursov, an embedded and electrical engineer in Tucson. I write LabVIEW and Python instrument control for the bench you already have, design the fixtures and PCBs around it in Altium, and hand over the code and documentation. You own all of it.
Who you're working with
Mission computers, bench and production test, defense to medical devices.
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Tiberius Aerospace · Lead embedded engineer
CurrentResponsible for the embedded mission computers on several programs.
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RTX (Raytheon) · Tucson, AZ
Test automation and secure-systems software engineering.
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Abbott, via HCL · Electrical test automation
2022–2023Python test frameworks and SCPI/VISA instrument drivers for implantable cardiac device (pacemaker and ICD) components, alongside existing LabVIEW stations.
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ExoTerra Resource · Electrical engineer
2018–2019Power, digital and analog PCBs for a CubeSat Hall-effect thruster, embedded C++, and Python/LabVIEW bench and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
B.S. Electrical Engineering, UC Irvine. Graduate study in progress: M.S. Artificial Intelligence (Johns Hopkins) and M.S. Computer Engineering (Purdue).
What I automate
The manual steps between your instruments and your report.
If a technician is reading a display, typing a number into a spreadsheet and checking it against a limit, that step can usually be scripted on the equipment you already own.
Calibration routines
Step through test points, read DMMs, scopes, supplies and loads, apply limits, and generate the cal record automatically.
Production test stations
Test sequencing, pass/fail limits, serial-number tracking and results logged to CSV or a database, with an operator screen a technician can run.
Instrument drivers
SCPI over VISA (GPIB, USB, LAN, serial) in Python or LabVIEW for the gear on your bench, including older instruments without a maintained driver.
Fixtures and interface boards
Relay and mux boards, signal conditioning and test fixtures that connect the unit under test to your instruments, designed in Altium.
Hardware-in-the-loop and embedded test
Firmware test harnesses, board bring-up and HIL setups that exercise embedded C/C++ against real or simulated signals.
Legacy LabVIEW takeover
Document a station nobody wants to touch, fix it in place, or port it to Python so more of your team can maintain it.
How it works
Three steps, with a fixed scope before any work starts.
Send a block diagram and your instrument list
A sketch or a phone photo of the bench is fine. Model numbers and a few lines on the current manual process are enough to start.
Get a scoped proposal
What gets automated, what you receive, how it will be tested and accepted, and what it costs.
Build, verify on your bench, hand over
Development, verification on your instruments, then source code, wiring and setup docs, and a runbook your technicians can follow. The code and docs are yours.
When I'm not the right fit
If you need accredited calibration services (ISO/IEC 17025 certificates), or a turnkey ATE rack with a support contract from a large integrator, you'll be better served elsewhere. I automate the bench and the process you already run.
Tell me about the bench.
A few details here, and email the block diagram to [email protected].
Or call (520) 222-9452 · [email protected]