Design News' Golden Mousetrap Awards highlight the best and brightest engineering innovations of the past year, as well as creativity in product design.
This year, awards were given in five major categories - Electronics, Motion Control/Automation, Rapid Prototyping, Hardware and Software, and Materials/Fastening, Joining & Assembly - and in 20 subcategories.
Our editors poured over the record numbers of entries we received and painstakingly selected 23 winners and 71 finalists, listed below.
Click on the category names below to learn more about each product.
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ELECTRONICS |
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Analog Control |
AD9272 Octal Ultrasound Receiver |
Analog Devices Inc. |
| CSS555C Micro Power 555 Timer |
Custom Silicon Solutions Inc. |
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| DAC9881 Digital-to-Analog Converter |
Texas Instruments Inc. |
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Components, Hardware & Interconnect |
AD926x ADC Family |
Analog Devices Inc. |
| IQ 1030 Toggle Switch Sealing Boot |
APM Hexseal |
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| BeagleBoard | BeagleBoard.org | |
| Wi-Fi Data Acquisition (DAQ) Devices | National Instruments Corp. | |
| OLED SmartSwitch/ISC 15ANP4 | NKK Switches | |
| R4-EM Electronic Rotary Latch | Southco | |
| Digital Control/Embedded Computing | MontaVista Montabello | MontaVista Software Inc. |
| Power Management & Control | ADP1043 Digital PWM Digital Power Controller | Analog Devices Inc. |
| 3RHP Series Hybrid Solid State Contactor | CST-Crydom Inc. | |
| FAN9612 Interleaved Dual BCM PFC Controller | Fairchild Semiconductor Inc. | |
| SentryFlow 9150 Security Processor | Hifn/Exar | |
| LM3445 TRIAC Dimmable LED Driver | National Semiconductor Corp. | |
| Sensors & Vision | Urea-Dosing Sensor | Kavlico |
| Inclinometer | TURCK Inc. | |
| Weld Nut Sensor | TURCK Inc. | |
| Test & Measurement | ProLine Panelboard | ABB Inc. |
| 16962A Logic Analysis Module | Agilent | |
| DigRF V4 Analyzer/Exerciser | Agilent | |
| N5455A Mask/Waveform Limit Testing | Agilent | |
| PCI Express Jammer In-Line Error Injection Tool | Agilent | |
| Expert I/O 1000 | Dajac Inc. | |
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MATERIALS |
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| Fastening, Joining & Assembly Components | D-Locknut | Asymmetric Fasteners Inc. |
| Bernard HD Q and S Series MIG Gun | Design Integrity Inc. | |
| PEM C.A.P.S. (colored access panel screws) | PennEngineering | |
| Other Materials | DataCELL Foundation Fieldbus M-EZ Cables | Northwire Inc. |
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RAPID PROTOTYPING |
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| Rapid Prototyping Tools | MechaWare 3.0 Mechatronic Toolkit | Kollmorgen Electro-Optical |
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MOTION CONTROL/AUTOMATION |
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| Amplifiers & Drives | MicroDrive MD Plus | Dart Controls Inc. |
| Controllers | EZ4AXIS Stepper Motor | AllMotion |
| C2 Proportional System Controller | Enfield Technologies | |
| RIO-47xxx Pocket PLC | Galil Motion Control Inc. | |
| Aries Controller, AR-xxCE | Parker Hannifin Corp. | |
| Allen-Bradley CompactLogix L23 PACs | Rockwell Automation Inc. | |
| Feedback Devices | Omnicoder Dynamic Resolution Encoder | BEI Industrial Encoders |
| Motors/Mechanical Components | AGS15000 Cartesian Gantry System | Aerotech Inc. |
| ANT95-XY Dual-Axis Stage | Aerotech Inc. | |
| LaserTurn®1 Laser Machining System | Aerotech Inc. | |
| Dodge Hydraulic ISAF Pillow Block | Baldor Electric Co. | |
| HammerSchmidt Shifting System | Design Integrity Inc. | |
| EasyTrax 0320 Cable & Hose Carrier | KabelSchlepp America Inc. | |
| Signature Series, 3709 Stepper Motors | Lin Engineering | |
| Gen II Planetary Gearheads | Parker Hannifin Corp. | |
| Athlonix High-Power Density Brush DC Motors | Portescap | |
| DualVee® Washdown Wheels | Bishop-Wisecarver Corp. | |
| Automation | Geared PRT Slewing Ring Bearing | igus Inc. |
| OCB100 Auto Calibration | TT electronics OPTEK Technology | |
| IM151-8 PN/DP Controller | Siemens Energy & Automation Corp. | |
| Robotic Truck Loader (RTL) | Wynright Inc. | |
| MLA Mini-Actuator | PBC Linear | |
| AS-Interface Safety at Work Gen II Safety Monitor | Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH | |
| Fluid Power Connectors & Components | PRD3HP Pressure Regulator | Beswick Engineering Co. Inc. |
| GH100 Fuel Hose | Eaton Corp. | |
| ChloritrolTM | Fluid Metering Inc. | |
| LifeGuardTM Line-of-Sight Sleeving System | Gates Corp. | |
| Heated Hose | Gates Corp. | |
| G3 Fieldbus Electronics | Numatics Inc. | |
| SmartActuator - ICR Basic and ICR Plus | Tolomatic Inc. | |
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HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE |
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| Analysis & Calculation Software | TurboGrid Release 12.0 (ATM) Technology | ANSYS Inc. |
| WEBENCH® Sensor Designer | National Semiconductor Corp. | |
| CAD Software | Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended | Adobe Systems Inc. |
| Autodesk Inventor 2010 | Autodesk Inc. | |
| WEBENCH® Sensor Designer | National Semiconductor Corp. | |
| FreeForm Modeling PlusTM Version 10 | SensAble Technologies Inc. | |
| SolidWorks® 2009 | Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. | |
| PCB123TM Version 3.2 with LiveBOM Functionality | Sunstone Circuits | |
| Hardware | CAPTURE 100 Digital Display | AccelerOptics LLC |
| The Cube | GestureTek Inc. | |
| iDLMax | MaxID | |
| PowerChamp PM37223 Power Supplies | Pioneer Magnetics | |
| SIMATIC HMI Pro Panels | Siemens Energy & Automation Corp. |
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