Practical Test & Measurement: REST for Automated Test and Measurement

This article is a great introduction to the use of web interfaces, and embracing web standards for automated testing of audio equipment, fundamentally exploring the possibilities of REST - which stands for Representational State Transfer, a widely accepted set of guidelines for creating reliable web APIs. Written by the founder of Seattle, WA-based QuantAsylum, this contributed piece advocates an open-design philosophy for controlling and querying things via REST, and leveraging the know-how of millions of developers. This article was originally published in audioXpress, March 2022.

Adding a great perspective on the topic of test and measurement, in particular for production lines, this article makes the case for using web interfaces, and embrace web standards for automated testing of audio equipment. The founder of QuantAsylum advocates an open-design philosophy for controlling and querying things via REST, which stands for Representational State Transfer, a widely accepted set of guidelines for creating reliable web APIs and leveraging the know-how of millions of developers.

audioXpress March 2022 features an extensive Market Update report on the latest audio test and measurement tools. Matt Taylor explains the possibilities of REST for automated test and measurement, and Joe Begin (Audio Precision) addresses testing multichannel MEMS microphone arrays. The KEF KC62 subwoofer is reviewed by Oliver Masciarotte and measured by Kent Peterson, and Ben Chen explains how to use the Sfera Labs' Exo Sense Pi module as a sound meter. Download or read online now.

Following the review of two QuantAsylum’s products featured in the December 2020 edition of audioXpress, David Logvin interviews Matt Taylor, the president and founder of QuantAsylum - a unique and fast growing test and measurement company based in the state of Washington - that adopted a unique modular product/solution approach that seems to be incredibly agile, adjusting well to current times. This article was originally published in audioXpress, March 2021.