Database interface for digital calipers

With emphasis on an advanced user interface this program was designed to collect measurements from digital sliding calipers and micrometers for subsequent inclusion into a database. The original project was measurements of dental casts, but the general nature of the program makes it adaptable to fields as diverse as medicine, archaeology and industrial quality control. The gain realized, compared to earlier manual methods, is a substantial reduction of the time spent on actual measuring, as the error-prone scale reading and handling of the results (writing down, entering, etc.) have been made superfluous. The CALIPER program runs on suitably equipped IBM personal computers while digital instruments, gauge blocks and multiplexer interface are supplied by Mitutoyo Co.