Background

I first developed VibCon in 1996 for two reasons:

• I was tired of doing these calculations by hand when comparing shipboard and industrial vibration levels to standards and data taken by others.

• I wanted to learn programing in Visual Basic.

I've found that the best way to learn a new programing language is to set a goal and charge ahead towards that goal. When things don't work as expected, then break out the references and figure out the details. The PC version of VibCon was quite successful and given to many vibration analysts over the years.

A friend and former coworker recently suggested I create a version of VibCon for smart phones, as there's noting similar available. Although I've been away from vibration analysis for many years, this seemed like a worthwhile project. I had made a few small efforts to learn a program similar to Visual Basic that can share code between Windows, Android and iPhone applications. So I wound the clock back 25 years, and started over.

I woke up some long-dormant brain cells and dug deep to find some forgotten knowledge, and decided to get started on this while on a cruise. Turns out that sea days on cruise ship are very conducive to coding. My "office" is shown to the right. The nightclub was deserted during the day, making it a quiet place to work with a great view.