The votes have been tabulated for the annual IDEA Awards honoring new product innovations, with winners and honorees crowned in 10 categories. Design and manufacturing professionals from around the world were eligible to cast their vote.
In addition to the winners and honorees in each category, one BIG IDEA Winner was selected. The SiTime SIT7910 temperature-compensated oscillator (TCXO) received the highest number of votes in all categories which enabled it to receive the BIG IDEA designation.
"We know product innovation is important to our readers and to the larger supplier community. It is only through the continued innovations of technology, components and systems can manufacturing meet the challenges of today and tomorrow," said Bob Vavra, senior content director for Power & Motion and Machine Design. "This year's winners, chosen by our readers, are a great example of how that innovation becomes products that advance the goals of manufacturers everywhere—to be safer, smarter and better-connected manufacturing enterprises."
The IDEA Awards are presented by the publications in Endeavor Business Media's Design & Engineering Group — Power & Motion, Electronic Design, Machine Design, Microwaves & RF and Vision Systems Design.
All 2023 IDEA Award winners are listed below.
BIG IDEA Winner
SiT7910 temperature-compensated oscillator (TCXO)
Additive & Materials Management
Winner:
Instant Design for Additive Manufacturability (DfAM) Analysis
Honorees:
Branson GMX-HP Ultrasonic Metal Welder
Automation & Controls
Winner:
N-Tron Series NT5000 Gigabit Managed Layer 2 Ethernet switches
Honorees:
CIP Utilities and Automated Reporting Analytics Package
Communications
Winner:
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Computing
Winner:
Ambarella’s Centrally Processed 4D Imaging Radar Architecture for Autonomous Mobility Systems
Honorees:
Design & Operations Software
Winner
Honorees:
Interactive Datasheets for MOSFETs
Electric Drives, Motors & Components
Winner:
SiT9396/7 Automotive Timing Family
Honorees:
ECM Ultra-light, Premium Efficiency, Next Generation, 3hp Pump Motor
Electronic Components
Winner:
Elite RF SiT5376/SiT5377 Super-TCXOs
Honorees:
P1B120 Mixed-signal System-on-Chip (SoC)
Machine Vision
Winner:
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Motion Control
Winner:
1/2 NPT HollowStream Liquid Atomizing Nozzle
Honorees:
Sensors & Software
Winner:
Honorees:
Allen‑Bradley RightSight and VisiSight photoelectric sensors
About the Author
Sara Jensen
Executive Editor, Power & Motion
Sara Jensen is executive editor of Power & Motion, directing expanded coverage into the modern fluid power space, as well as mechatronic and smart technologies. She has over 15 years of publishing experience. Prior to Power & Motion she spent 11 years with a trade publication for engineers of heavy-duty equipment, the last 3 of which were as the editor and brand lead. Over the course of her time in the B2B industry, Sara has gained an extensive knowledge of various heavy-duty equipment industries — including construction, agriculture, mining and on-road trucks —along with the systems and market trends which impact them such as fluid power and electronic motion control technologies.
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