2017 Winners
Design Team of the Year (Sponsored by BWW Communications)
Gas Sensing Solutions
Highly Commended: Maxim
Integrated Distributor of the Year (Sponsored by Panasonic Industry Europe GmbH)
Mouser Electronics
Highly Commended: RS Components
Manufacturer of the Year (Sponsored by ETES)
Plessey Semiconductors
Highly Commended: Texcel Technology
New Company of the Year (Sponsored by Audience2Media)
Spacechips
Highly Commended: Materials Direct
Excellence in Product Design for Medical
Gas Sensing Solutions - N-Tidal, portable CO2 breath analyser
Excellence in Product Design for Automotive
Melexis - MLX91804 - Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) IC
Highly Commended: Ensilica - eSi-ADAS Radar Imaging Co-Processor
Excellence in Product Design for High-Reliability Systems
Spacechips - Ku-Band Receiver
Educational Support Award (Sponsored by Mentor)
RS Components - RS Components education projects
Highly Commended: TDK-Lambda UK - Promoting STEM education for our engineers of tomorrow
University Research Award (Sponsored by RS Components)
Edinburgh University - Researchers Build A Futuristic Hyperloop Transporter
Rising Star New Engineer of the Year (Sponsored by Power Integrations)
James Hayman - Taylor Hobson
Consumer Product Innovation of the Year (Sponsored by Avnet)
Ultrahaptics- Touchless haptic car control system
Highly Commended: Cambridge Consultants- Personal Drone Delivery
Service
Design Tools and Development Software Award (Sponsored by Swindon Silicon Systems)
Mentor, A Siemens Business - Tessent® DefectSim
Highly Commended: Bridgetek - CleO HMI development hardware Highly Commended: Keysight Technologies - SystemVue 5G system design and verification solution
Test Product of the Year
Tektronix - 5 Series MSO Oscilloscope
Highly Commended - Anritsu Corporation- Spectrum Master™ MS2760A - Ultraportable mmWave Spectrum Analyzer
Passive & Electromechanical Product of Year (Sponsored by Avnet Abacus)
Binstead Designs - Lattice touch-screens
Highly Commended: Gas Sensing Solutions - SprintIR6S
Highly Commended: TT Electronics - mag-Net wearable connector
Power System Product of the Year
Powerbox International - Coreless technology GB350 buck-converter module
Highly Commended: TDK-Lambda UK - QM series of AC-DC modular power supplies
Renewable Energy Design Award
Zeta Specialist Lighting- Solis Nano
LED Lighting Product of the Year
Plessey Semiconductors- LUCIAN™ High Power PLW7070 LEDs
Highly Commended: Bridgelux - Vesta Series Dim-To-Warm arrays
Internet-of-Things Product Innovation Award
Sponsored by (Micron)
Microsemi Corporation - AcuEdge Development Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service
Highly Commended: Lime Microsystems - LimeSDR/LimeNET
Highly Commended: Vesper - VM1010
Semiconductor Product of the Year – Analogue
Teledyne e2v - EV12DS460
Highly Commended: Analog Devices (formally Linear Technology) - LT6658 - Precision voltage reference with two high current output buffers
Semiconductor Product of the Year – Digital
FTDI Chip- FT602 video class USB3.x interface IC
Highly Commended: DisplayLink - XR wireless virtual reality decoder (DL-8020)
Highly Commended: Texas Instruments - SimpleLink dual-band CC1350 wireless MCU
Company of the Year
Plessey Semiconductors