Abstract: A scent emitting dart for dispersing an olfactant in the target area without having to physically enter the target area includes an elongated, textured shaft member that has a proximal end and a distal end, a tip member which includes a weighted portion and a tip portion integral with the distal end, and a scent carrying fletching integral having a plurality of absorbent vanes adjacent to the proximal end. The absorbent vanes both extend outwardly from the circumference of the shaft member to provide aerodynamic stabilization and also extend behind the shaft member to both increase the olfactant absorption capacity of the fletching and provide an accessible point of concentration for applied olfactant. In this regard, as the olfactant is emitted from the fletching, a hunted animal can be drawn thereto.

Abstract: This invention relates to an game tracking arrow that includes an arrowhead having a tail end, a hollow shaft having a forward end and a rear end, a nock having a front end configured at rear end of the hollow shaft and a back end configured to engage a bowstring, and a tracking device having a first end configured at tail end of the arrow head and a second end configured at forward end of the hollow shaft. Further, the tracking device is adapted to transmit a tracking signal to a receiving device via wireless communication such as satellite communication, internet, Wide area network (WAN), telecommunications network and the like.

Abstract: What is presented is a high power igniter that releasably secures to a cutting apparatus that is used for radially projecting a flow of heated gas to cut from an internal surface through an external surface of a conduit used for oil, gas, mining, and underwater pressure sealed tool applications. The high power igniter comprises an igniter housing adapted to be positioned in the conduit. The igniter housing comprises a containment sub and a nozzle sub that releasably secure to each other. The nozzle sub for directing the flow of the heated gas toward the cutting apparatus and releasably securing to the cutting apparatus. A high wattage heater in the igniter housing comprises a metal magnalium thermite pellet insertable into the igniter housing for creating the flow of heated gas when the high power igniter is in use and a pellet igniting device.

Abstract: A mechanical device that has the ability to manage and set explosives cones in the rocks that form the hanging, which can be operated remotely, avoiding the danger of the current state of the art where operators place explosive using bamboo sticks, before detonating them, causing an imbalance in the hanging. The mechanical device also known as cone-holder, is located at the end of an automated and semi autotransportable manipulator arm for releasing hangings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for identifying geometric deviations of a real motion guide from an ideal motion guide in a coordinate-measuring machine having a sensor for measuring a workpiece, or in a machine tool having a tool for processing a workpiece, wherein the coordinate-measuring machine or the machine tool has a movable part which is guided along the motion guide and by the motion guide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coordinate measuring machine with a measuring system for measuring a workpiece, a carrier structure for carrying the measuring system and a base plate for supporting the workpiece. The carrier structure is movably guided in at least one direction on the base plate. The coordinate measuring machine also has a first support system with at least three supports for supporting the base plate, a second support system and a control device for controlling the second support system dependent on a force application to the first support system. The present invention also relates to a method for compensating for large workpiece masses on a coordinate measuring machine.

Abstract: An actuator according to an embodiment includes a first rotating body that is rotatable around an input axis and includes a first groove part extending in a first direction, a second rotating body that is rotatable around an output axis and includes a second protruding part extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a strain body that includes a first protruding part capable of being engaged with a first groove part through a gap whose direction is vertical to that of the input axis and a second groove part capable of being engaged with a second protruding part through a gap whose direction is vertical to that of the output axis and transmits a rotational torque of the input axis to the output axis, and a detection element that is attached to the strain body.

Abstract: A tip clearance measurement system (TCMS) includes a probe and sensing circuitry. The probe directs microwave signals toward a turbine blade and receives microwave signals reflected by the turbine blade. The sensing circuitry includes a switch having a first state in which a main frequency is provided at an output of the switch and a second state in which a reference frequency is provided at an output of the switch. The sensing circuitry further includes a first conditioning circuit that receives a frequency provided at the output of the switch and provides a conditioned frequency to the probe and a second conditioning circuit that receives both the conditioned frequency provided by the first conditioning circuit and a reflected frequency received by the probe, and provides a conditioned output based on the conditioned frequency and reflected frequency.

Abstract: An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system electrically mixes a signature signal with an OCT signal (e.g., an interferogram) output by a photodetector of the OCT system. The signature signal may be a signal output by a photodetector that detects an optical signal from a fiber Bragg grating. The signature signal may then be time delayed before combination with the OCT signal. A series of interferograms are then aligned according to the signature signal. A rescaling signal may be similarly electrically mixed with the signature and OCT signals.

Abstract: A wafer metrology system includes an interferometer sub-system and a controller. The interferometer sub-system is configured to generate an interferogram with an intensity map that corresponds to a modulated representation of a wafer surface. Further, the interferometer sub-system includes a detector configured to capture the interferogram. The controller includes one or more processors configured to generate a wrapped phase map of the interferogram, define patterns associated with features on the wafer, and correct phase discontinuities by applying a phase unwrapping procedure to the wrapped phase map to generate an unwrapped phase map and correcting phase discontinuities in the unwrapped phase map based on the patterns, or by combining phase unwrapping and correction in a unified step. Further, the patterns comprise two or more structures such that a portion of the unwrapped phase map associated with structures of the same type is continuous across borders separating structures of the same type.

Abstract: A system for providing optical actuation and optical sensing can include an optical coherence tomography (OCT) device that performs optical imaging of a sample based on optical interferometry from an optical sampling beam interacting with an optical sample and an optical reference beam; an OCT light source to provide an OCT imaging beam into the OCT device which splits the OCT imaging beam into the optical sampling beam and the optical reference beam; and a light source that produces an optical actuation beam comprising a plurality of wavelengths that is coupled along with the optical sampling beam to be directed to the sample to actuate particles or structures in the sample so that the optical imaging captures information of the sample under the optical actuation.

Abstract: In a system for analyzing optical properties of an object (350) a point source of light (100) composed of multiple spectral bands each having a respective amplitude, phase and polarization is converted by first optics (120, 150) into a line light source to illuminate an object line on the object. A beam splitter (200) splits the light exiting the first optics and directs a first portion of light on to the object (350) as an illuminated line and a second portion of the light on to a reference mirror (450). Second optics (500) collects respective first and second lines of light reflected by the object and mirror of and collinearly images the reflected lines of light as an image line on to an imaging spectrometer (550) wherein mutual interference allows determination of the optical properties of the object at each point along the object line.

Abstract: The geometry measurement apparatus includes: an image acquisition part that acquires a plurality of captured images generated by imaging an object to be measured, onto which a plurality of respectively different projection patterns are sequentially projected; a quantization part that generates a quantization value of a luminance value for each pixel in the plurality of captured images by comparing the luminance value with a predetermined reference value; a selection part that selects, based on the relationship between the reference value and the luminance value for a plurality of pixels having the same coordinates in the plurality of captured images, a quantization value to be used for identifying the geometry of the object to be measured, from among a plurality of quantization values corresponding to the plurality of captured images; and a geometry identification part that identifies the geometry of the object to be measured based on the quantization value selected by the selection part.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an articulated arm coordinate measurement machine can include a plurality of transfer members and a plurality of articulation members connecting the plurality of transfer members to each other to measure an angle between the transfer members. The machine can additionally include at least one coordinate acquisition member positioned at an end of the articulated arm. Further, the machine can include a harness connected to at least one of the group consisting of the transfer members and the articulation members to support at least a portion of the weight of the transfer members and the articulation members. The harness can also be configured to mount to a human.

Abstract: A lens device for an illumination assembly, wherein the lens device comprises at least one ring region, wherein each ring region extends along a circumferential direction about a central axis of the lens device, wherein each ring region comprises a plurality of segments, wherein each segment forms a circular arc portion of a respective ring region and wherein each segment comprises a first end in the circumferential direction and a second end opposite to the first end in the circumferential direction, wherein each segment has a first refractive index at a reference wavelength at the first end at a first radial distance from the central axis and a second refractive index at the reference wavelength at the second end at the first radial distance, said second refractive index differing from the first refractive index. An illumination assembly, a coordinate measuring machine and a method are also disclosed.

Abstract: A height measuring apparatus comprising a main body portion adapted for placement upon an object to be measured, and a movable portion which is movable relative to the main body portion, wherein the movable portion comprises a laser source and a photo detector, the movable portion being movable so that a laser beam from the laser source can be directed to the ground when the main body is placed on the object to be measured.

Abstract: A method for providing film-thickness analysis with a spectrophotometer includes configuring an illuminator to emit a light beam at a film deposited on a substrate surface, configuring a linear sensor to receive light reflecting off the deposited film on the substrate surface via a gradient index lens and a linear variable filter, and configuring a processor to determine thickness of the film based on spectral reflectivity of the film received from the linear sensor.

Abstract: A phase-error compensation method and device, comprising: utilizing a phase-shifting-profilometry measuring system to obtain fringe sequence charts; based on Hilbert transform, transforming the fringe sequence charts from a space domain to a Hilbert transform domain; based on least squares phase shift method, solving the phases of the fringe sequence charts in the space domain and the Hilbert transform domain respectively, and obtaining a phase chart in the space domain and a phase chart in the Hilbert transform domain; averaging the phase chart in the space domain and the phase chart in the Hilbert transform domain to obtain an average phase, and utilizing the average phase to perform phase-error compensation. The invention possesses a self-compensation mechanism, does not need any auxiliary condition, and thus meets the requirements of high-speed, high-precision and high-universality 3D digital imaging and measuring based on the phase shifting profilometry.

Abstract: A detecting unit 4 receives light reflected from the object 2. A detecting unit 4 has a plurality of light guiding members 404 and 405 adjacently arranged so that longitudinal surfaces thereof are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the object 2, and photo sensors 410 and 411 which receive rays that are incident from the longitudinal surfaces constituting a light incident surface of each of the light guiding members and are emitted from light emitting surfaces of the light guiding members. An image forming device 3 forms an image of the reflected light, on the vicinity of the light incident surface. The surface shape of the object 2 in a portion in which the reflected light has been reflected is measured according to an output distribution of each of the photo sensors 410 and 411 arranged to face the light emitting surfaces.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting and reconstructing a surface illuminated with spatially structured light such that the light illuminates an area of the surface from which the light is reflected back. The light includes a temporarily varying intensity in the form of successive light modulation patterns. The back-reflected light is detected by an optical sensor including a plurality of pixels. A pixel coordinate is associated to each pixel and each pixel generated a photocurrent proportional to the intensity of the light impinging on a respective pixel, computes a signal related to a photocurrent, and each pixel outputs an address-event merely when a respective signal due to the light impinging on the respective pixel increases by an amount larger than a first threshold or decreases by an amount larger than a second threshold since a last address-event from the respective pixel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bending angle measuring method for a bending machine (1), in particular a bending press or brake press, and the bending machine (1) has a bending tool arrangement (2) with at least one upper (3) and lower tool (4). A sheet to be formed (5) is placed in the bending tool arrangement (2). A light pattern (13) is emitted onto a section by means of a lighting device (11) of a bending angle measuring device (7), the section being a single part and surrounding a sub-region on a lateral surface of the lower tool (4) and of the sheet (5) placed in the bending tool arrangement. The light pattern (13) on the lower tool (4) and on the sheet (5) is detected by an image detecting device (10) of the bending angle measuring device (7), and a bending angle is ascertained from detected light pattern (13) by an analysis module.

Abstract: A measuring assembly and method for layer thickness measurement of a layer applied to a substrate by means of a vapor deposition method includes a measuring head which is provided with at least one vibration plate, an extraction line which can be coupled in a gas-conducting or vapor-conducting manner with a first end having a vacuum chamber for the vapor deposition method and which can be coupled in a gas-conducting or vapor-conducting manner with an opposite second end having the measuring head, wherein the extraction line includes at least one heating section or at least one cooling section.

Abstract: An inertial measurement module comprising a depth measurement unit and an inertial data calculation unit is disclosed. When the inertial measurement module moves, the depth measurement unit keeps gathering depth data of the external environment in order to compute the coordinate transformations of a numbers of detected points in the external environment, and then, the inertial data calculation unit converts the coordinate transformations into inertial data of the inertial measurement module movement. Here, inertial data includes rotation and translation of the inertial measurement module on the X, Y and Z axes. Finally, the inertial measurement module outputs the transformed inertial data.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for accurately predicting a road surface condition at a location within a predetermined range. To that end, the road surface conditions at the location within the predetermined range are predicted using road surface estimation decision values calculated using vehicular information, which is the information on the behavior of a vehicle Wi during travel obtained by an on-board sensor mounted on the vehicle, or estimated road surface conditions estimated using the road surface estimation decision values. In doing so, the road surface condition at the location within the predetermined range is predicted based on the road surface estimation decision values calculated for the location within the predetermined range or the time-dependent changes in the estimated road surface conditions.

Abstract: A method for determining operating stress on a component during operation includes recording measured values for predefined measurement variables not equal to the operating stress on the component to be determined, during operation of the component for at least n?2 predefined different operating modes, determining m?2 and m?n effect operands W1 to Wm, in dependence on the measured values for each operating mode, recording a measured value of operating stress after operating the component for n operating modes, and setting up and solving an equation system having n equations to obtain m weighting factors a1 to am weighting the m effect operands. A sum of weighted effect operands for each operating mode is equal to the measured value of the operating stress recorded for the operating mode. A calculation rule determining the operating stress during operation of the component uses the weighting factors.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for determining the elevation of tracked personnel or assets (trackees) that can take input from mounted sensors on each trackee (including barometric, inertial, magnetometer, radio frequency ranging and signal strength, light and GPS sensors), external constraints (including ranging constraints, feature constraints, and user corrections), and terrain elevation data. An example implementation of this method for determining elevation of persons on foot is described. But this method is not limited to computing elevation of personnel or to on foot movements.

Abstract: A gradient sensor device includes a support structure providing a surface, and at least three particle motion sensors coupled with and/or arranged on the support structure to measure translational data in a first direction. The particle motion sensors have an arrangement that enables calculation of a spatial gradient of the translational data in a second direction different from the first direction.

Abstract: A set of collated plastic markers. The markers have a small cross-section relative to conventional plastic markers, yet are easily insertable into the ground manually or with a marker installer and stiff enough to stand up as an indicator. Each marker comprises a shaft and a flag. The shaft comprises an insertion portion, a mast, and an engagement portion. The insertion portion is substantially wedge shaped and the engagement portion is configured to provide a push surface for manual insertion or to cooperate with a marker installer. The shafts are collated before or after flags are attached and held together in a spaced-apart arrangement with one or more connectors. Preferably a set of collated shafts is molded of plastic, the shafts attached to each other with connectors that can be pulled apart by hand or sheared off with a maker installer to separate the markers from one another during installation.

Abstract: A method and system for compensating for soft iron magnetic disturbances in multiple heading reference systems, such as aircraft heading reference systems, integrated standby units; or vehicle inertial systems, detects and provides a heading correction signal to the error prone heading reference system when a detected difference in value between a gyro heading relative to magnetic north and a magnetometer reading during a defined measurement period exceeds a predetermined acceptable threshold value of change, such as one based on the expected gyro drift over that period. Upon receipt of the heading correction signal, the gyro heading is adjusted to maintain an accurate heading relative to true magnetic north. If this threshold value is not exceeded, then the magnetometer reading is used for the heading value. This method is periodically repeated in order to continually maintain an accurate heading and may be employed for each heading measurement axis.

Abstract: A ring laser gyroscope (RLG) is provided. The RLG includes a primary resonator, a secondary resonator, and an optical source to provide a pump field. The pump field in the primary resonator stimulates an optical gain curve at a first stokes wave frequency. A first order SBS field stimulates a second optical gain curve at a second stokes wave frequency. The second order SBS gain gives rise to a frequency-shifted field propagating in the first direction. The fraction of the pump field that couples out of the primary resonator, through the secondary resonator, and out of the secondary resonator is larger than the fraction of: the first order SBS field that couples out of the primary resonator, through the secondary resonator, and out of the secondary resonator; and a second order SBS field that couples out of the primary resonator, through the secondary resonator, and out of the secondary resonator.

Abstract: An apparatus obtains data comprising magnetic flux density data and an association of the magnetic flux density data to grid points of at least one grid, each grid point representing at least a geographical location. The apparatus applies at least one frequency transform to a representation of the magnetic flux density data and their association to grid points to obtain frequency components. The apparatus provides compressed magnetic flux density data comprising a subset of the obtained frequency components for at least one of storage and transmission. The same apparatus or another apparatus applies at least one inverse frequency transform to the frequency components in order to recover the magnetic flux density data and their association with different grid points and provides the recovered magnetic flux density data and their association with different grid points for supporting a positioning of a mobile device.

Abstract: According to one aspect of an embodiment an estimation device includes a detection unit that detects a predetermined physical state that is produced at a time of movement. The estimation device includes an estimation unit that estimates a moving velocity from a state detected by the detection unit, by using a learner that has learned a velocity zone with the physical state being produced therefrom.

Abstract: A mobile device (100) caried by a user has sensors providing acceleration and orientation information. These are processed to provide trajectory for the device. The processing includes improved methods using different modules (1, 2, 3,5, 6, 7) for classifying the motion (1) and detecting a user's steps (5), tracking the orientation (3) and acceleration (2) of the device (100), estimating the length of the user's steps (6) and estimating the heading (7) of the user. The trajectories are compared to a map and corrected by the constraints provided by the map. Parameters of the methods of producing the trajectories are optimised on the basis of maximising probability of the trajectory found by the map matching given the indicated trajectory.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to improving driving experience. For example, using one or more computing devices, a current location of a user may be determined and a place of interest, located at a distance from the current location, may be identified. The one or more computing devices may determine that the place of interest meets one or more requirements, and designate the place of interest as a candidate place of interest. The candidate place of interest may be recommended to the user based on a defined criteria. The one or more computing devices may also determine that the user has arrived at a parking location corresponding to the candidate place of interest, and associate the parking location and the candidate place of interest based on one or more inputs by the user.

Abstract: A method includes receiving an input of a departure point, an arrival point, and a desired arrival time of a specific vehicle to be operated, extracting, from a plurality of route information, a part of route information corresponding to routes that departed from or passed through around the departure point, and arrived at or passed through around the arrival point within a certain time range of the desired arrival time, classifying the part of route information into a plurality of route groups by comparing each other, counting a number of route information classified in each route groups, calculating, for each route groups, a ratio of the number of route information classified in each route groups to total number of the part of route information, and outputting operation information based on the ratio, the operation information including at least one of specific route as candidates for the specific vehicle.

Abstract: A path plan generating apparatus 10 corrects an RRT path plan that an RRT path plan generating section 22 has generated by processing based on the RRT algorithm, by a path plan correcting section 23 by processing based on the potential method. If the corrected path plan becomes a path plan with which interference between the mobile body 1 and an obstacle A is unavoidable, the apparatus 10 causes the RRT path plan generating section 22 to generate a new RRT path plan.

Abstract: A system including a computing device may receive base map information and trip request information. The base map information may include a plurality of attribute information associated with a plurality of road segments. The trip request information may include a destination to which a user plans to drive a vehicle. The computing device may determine a route for the user to travel based on the trip request information and base map information. The system might further calculate a risk score for each road segment forming the route, and generate a risk map based on the risk score and the route and cost of insurance along the route. The risk map may then be displayed to a user with alerts communicated on the map or via verbal alerts. The risk map may include markers or other objects depicting potential risks along the route the driver may face. Also, the risk map may be updated based on information collected from multiple sensors coupled to the vehicle, mobile phone or insurance database.

Abstract: Route acquisition systems, methods, and programs receive input of a plurality of destination locations and acquire a visit history that indicates a history of visit locations visited previously together with an order of visit to the visit locations. The systems, methods, and programs refer to the visit history which includes the visit locations which match the plurality of destination locations, set an order of visit to the plurality of destination locations on a basis of the order of visit to the visit locations which is indicated in the visit history, and acquire a route for visit to the plurality of destination locations.

Abstract: A method according to an embodiment of the invention is provided for identifying at least one routing option for use in routing a user from a current location to at least one destination comprising.

Abstract: The vehicle route prediction apparatus includes a lane recognition unit configured to recognize a type of each of a left lane and a right lane with respect to a driving vehicle, a position recognition unit configured to obtain latitude and longitude coordinates of the driving vehicle, a storage unit configured to store map data, including road information, and a route prediction model, and an arithmetic operation unit configured to check an identifier of an intersection which the driving vehicle intends to enter, based on a position of the driving vehicle and the map data stored in the storage unit, check a position of a lane, based on the type of each of the left lane and the right lane recognized by the lane recognition unit, predict a route of the driving vehicle by using the route prediction model corresponding to an ID of the intersection.

Abstract: Provided herein is a control method of an electronic apparatus. The control method of an electronic apparatus includes: determining a position of a vehicle that is being operated; determining a terrain height in a region positioned within a predetermined distance from the determined position of the vehicle; comparing a terrain height at the position of the vehicle and the terrain height in the region with each other to calculate a terrain height difference; and generating an information object including guidance information of the vehicle and displaying the generated information object through augmented reality by reflecting the terrain height difference.

Abstract: [Problem] To determine a moving route as appropriate by selecting from a plurality of service providing sites in view of circumstances in which it is or is not allowed to wait. [Solution] A current position obtaining unit 101 obtains the current position of a vehicle 1. A first location candidate obtaining unit 102 obtains a first location. A second location candidate obtaining unit 103 obtains a second location (e.g., an on-street parking lot). A state information obtaining unit 104 obtains, as state information, first location state information and second location state information. The first location state information is information regarding the state of provision of a vehicle parking service at the first location. The second location state information is information regarding the state of provision of a vehicle parking service at the second location. A route setting unit 105 sets a moving route for the vehicle 1 on the basis of the state information obtained by the state information obtaining unit 104.

Abstract: A method for distinguishing a foot motion of a user by placing a pedometer at a foot of a user includes the steps of collecting an accelerating data from an accelerometer in a real time manner; filtering the accelerating data via a smoothing filter and a Kalman filter; generating a step data that represents number of steps taken by the user in response to the accelerating data through the smoothing filter; generating an activity data that represents a foot motion of the user in response to the accelerating data through the Kalman filter; and combining the step data and the activity data to form a resulted data that distinguishes the foot motion with step count of the user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for determining aircraft performance for at least one flight phase. The system (10) comprises a first terminal (11) comprising means for connecting to a first, second and third repository respectively comprising at least a first set of data files (22) a second set of executable scripts (23) and a third set of configuration files (17). At least the third set of configuration files is arranged to be accessed via a second user interface of a second terminal (18). The system further comprises a calling module (12) arranged for selecting, based on the input parameters received and the configuration file selected, at least one executable script file (23) for processing the associated data files (22) so as to determine by means of a calculation engine (26) the performance of the aircraft for the least one flight phase.

Abstract: A gyroscope signal may be compensated for offset by performing a low frequency adaptive noise cancellation process. Noise corresponding to user dynamics may be reduced by performing a motion sensor based adaptive noise cancellation process. Further, noise corresponding to vibratory motion of the portable device may be reduced by applying a discrete wavelet transform function.

Abstract: A wheel, in particular a counting wheel for a meter, includes a bearing bush and a wheel rim. The bearing bush and the wheel rim are produced from different materials. The bearing bush and the wheel rim can move relative to one another in the rotational direction through a guide having complementarily corresponding guide elements on the bearing bush and the wheel rim extending continuously in the circumferential direction of the counting wheel.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic sensor attached to a mobile device detects a magnetic field generated from a magnet attached to an object. A magnetic sensor data processing module generates magnetic sensor data based on the magnetic field, where the magnetic sensor data represents a current position of the magnet of the object. An action processing module processes the magnetic sensor data to determine a movement of the object with respect to the mobile device, while the mobile device remains in a relatively steady location and identifies a predetermined action based on the movement of the object. The predetermined action is then performed within the mobile device.

Abstract: Magnet arrangements, sensor devices and corresponding methods are provided comprising a first magnet portion and a second magnet portion. The first magnet portion is spaced apart from the second magnet portion, and the second magnet portion comprises a bore. In a corresponding sensor device, a sensor element may be provided at a position between the first and second magnet portions.

Abstract: A device includes a permanent magnetic material extending along a path, a first magnetic angle sensor configured to output at least a first signal and being positioned remotely from the material, and a second magnetic angle sensor configured to output at least one second signal and being positioned remotely from the material and from the first magnetic angle sensor. Based on the at least one first signal and the at least one second signal, a relative positioning of the first magnetic angle sensor and the second magnetic angle sensor with respect to the material in parallel to the path is determined. The magnetization of the material has a periodicity that varies along the path.

Abstract: Various examples are directed to configuring a configurable hardware module to perform a measurement of a physical quantity. A configuration manager may receive an indication of the physical quantity and performance factor data describing the measurement of the physical quantity. The configuration manager may generate a hardware configuration of the hardware based at least in part on the indication of the physical quantity and the performance factor data. The hardware configuration may comprise instruction data to configure the hardware module to execute a dynamic measurement of the physical quantity. The configuration manager may also generate configuration data describing the hardware configuration, wherein the configuration data comprises simulation data comprising input parameters for a simulation of the hardware configuration and hardware configuration data for configuring a hardware module to implement at least a portion of the hardware configuration.