[aa-jv]

I have built professional, scientifically sensitive, important apps with Lua.

A recent project involved doing fluidic particulate quantification in an embedded, field portable instrument, which was delivered on time and under-budget - and represented a major revenue source for the customer (40 million dollars worth of orders) when it was shipped. The client was told it "could not be done" with the hardware as specified - not only did we do it with Lua, it has since been widely recognized as the most advanced bit of architecture the company has implemented for its instruments ..

Lua is not just for games. Games are a good place to learn Lua, though.

[rleigh]

Out of interest, is there any public information about your project?

I am currently prototyping a Lua environment for instrument control in a regulated environment. I've added several customisations and safety mitigations to make it suitable for use, and it works beautifully. One thing I would like is to be able to showcase examples of use in other products.

If you, or anyone else, have any examples I could point people to, to demonstrate existing real-world uses of Lua, that would be really appreciated.

[aa-jv]

There isn't any public info about the architecture of the system, but you can find product info here:

https://www.spectrosci.com/product/fieldlab-58---portable-oi...

[rleigh]

Many thanks for the reference, this looks like a really interesting device, and it has quite a lot of similarities with the type of system I'm working on (albeit in a completely different application domain).

[aa-jv]

You're welcome - what are you working on, may I ask? Common interests, and all ..

[rleigh]

In vitro medical diagnostics, using microfluidics, fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging.

[aa-jv]

Neat. Would love to know more about how you're using Lua in that context ..