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Golden Mousetrap Winners

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Design News' annual Golden Mousetrap Awards recognize engineering innovation and creativity in product design. This year awards were given in five major categories: electronics, materials, motion control/automation, rapid prototyping and hardware and software, as well as 24 subcategories. The record number of entries was distributed to our beat editors for judging based on their expertise in each technology. Seventy finalists and 20 winners were selected. Congratulations!
Click on the product names below to read more about each award-winning entry.

CATEGORY

COMPANY

PRODUCT

ELECTRONICS

 

 

Analog Control

Microchip Technology Inc.

MCP4725 Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC)

Components, Hardware & Interconnect

Simtek Corp.

Simtek's 4-Mbit Product Family
(STK14EC8 and STK14EC16)

Digital Control/Embedded Computing

Silicon Storage Technology Inc.

NANDrive, SST85LD100xx

Power Management & Control

Texas Instruments

TPS62260LED, Remote-Controlled LED Board

Sensors & Vision

National Instruments

NI 1742 Smart Camera

Test & Measurement

Analog Devices Inc.

ADXL001 iMEMS® Vibration Sensor

MATERIALS

 

 

Fastening, Joining & Assembly Components

Emerson Network Power

Emerson ProForm® Pedestal

Metals

SpringerTool

Clutch Pilot Bushing Tool #22002, #22003

MOTION CONTROL/AUTOMATION

 

 

Amplifiers & Drives/Controllers

Bosch-Rexroth Corp.

IndraMotion MLC with Embedded Robotics

Feedback Devices

Danaher Motion

Torque Feedback Device

Motors/Mechanical Components

Portescap, a Danaher
Motion Co.

nuvoDisc 32BF Brushless dc Motor

Automation

Parker Hannifin, Electromechanical Automation Div.

Interact Xpress Manager Distributed HMI
Software

Fluid Power Connectors & Components

Beswick Engineering Co. Inc.

Ultra-Miniature Pressure Compensated Flow Control Valve with Low Friction Diaphragm - PCFCD-1N1

Hydraulic Systems & Controls

Parker Hannifin Corp., Chelsea Products Div.

Stored Energy Management System

Pneumatic Systems & Controls

Festo Corp.

Festo Energy Monitoring Package

RAPID PROTOTYPING TOOLS

 

 

3-D Imaging

FARO Technologies

Photon Laser Scanner

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

 

 

Analysis & Calculation Software

National Instruments

NI LabVIEW 8.5

CAD Software

SolidWorks Corp.

SolidWorks 2008

Hardware

Dell Inc.

Dell Blades Chassis M1000e and Servers M600 and M605

PLM Software

Innovative Dynamics Corp.

IDC Missing Link with CAD2xRP TechnologyTM

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