Welcome to the shortlist announcement page! Here you will find the amazing, shortlisted products for the most rigorous and transparent awards in the industry.
Top electronics companies have been approached to submit their most innovative and show-stopping products. All entries will be independently scored after being discussed in-depth by our panel. The judging panel, selected by Editors at Electronic Specifier, feature specially curated industry thought leaders and electronics specialists.
Each entry has been placed in one of the following categories:
- Power Product
- Test & Measurement Product
- E-Mech Product
- Software Product
- Passives Product
- Semiconductor Product
The Electronics Excellence Awards ceremony will take place at embedded world, on 11th March at 16.30pm at the Hall 5 forum. You’re all welcome to come and see which products will win!
Power Product
onsemi
JFET UG4SC075005L8S
onsemi’s UG4SC075005L8S are very popular in AI PSU designs and are enabling the next generation of 20kW systems. It addresses critical challenges in high-current, high-power scenarios through its innovative architecture, high efficiency, reliability, and system compatibility. It provides essential technical support for the efficient operation and scalable expansion of AI hardware, demonstrating transformative value for the industry.
Vicor
BCM6135
Vicor BCM6135 enables breakthrough performance in electrified automobiles. The Vicor BCM6135 is the most power-dense and the fastest (top transient response) DC-DC converter in automotive today. This enables incredible innovation for automobile electrification.
Test & Measurement Product
Rohde & Schwarz
MXO 3 oscilloscope
The MXO 3 oscilloscope from Rohde & Schwarz redefines portable oscilloscope performance, delivering expert-level insight in a remarkably compact form factor. Powered by next-generation MXO technology, this oscilloscope empowers engineers to swiftly and accurately analyse complex devices.
Pickering Interfaces
Microwave Switch Design Tool (MSDT)
The latest iteration of Pickering Interfaces’ Microwave Switch Design Tool (MSDT) – an online configuration-based modelling tool for designing flexible PXI and LXI RF and microwave switching and relay subsystems for signal routing applications with just a few clicks – has been updated to add schematic design and simulation capabilities.
Neumonda
Octopus DRAM tester
Neumonda’s Octopus DRAM tester is not only designed for tests at speeds of up to 6.4Gbps, it can also test four different DRAM technologies (DDR4/DDR5 and LPDDR4/LPDDR5) simulating the target application.
E-mech Product
Same Sky
AMT25 series
Same Sky’s AMT25 series is a rugged, high accuracy absolute encoder outputting 12 bits or 14 bits of absolute position information with Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) communication and single-turn or multi-turn output options.
Adeia
RapidCool Technology
Adeia’s RapidCool is an advanced semiconductor packaging technology that uses direct-to-chip liquid cooling to efficiently remove heat from high-power integrated circuits during operation. By eliminating traditional thermal interface materials (TIMs), RapidCool reduces thermal resistance and improves heat transfer efficiency.
OMRON Electronic Components
P6K socket
The P6K socket is designed to work with G6K signal relays, allowing them to be easily plugged in and removed. This plug-in design simplifies maintenance and helps reduce long-term costs by eliminating the need for repeated soldering during relay replacement.
Pickering Electronics
Series 125
Pickering Electronics’ latest high-density reed relay, Series 125, is the industry’s smallest two pole DPST (double-pole, single-throw) reed relay, setting a new benchmark for packing density and helping maximise PCB real estate for ATE designs.
Software Product
AllSpice
DRCY
DRCY automates design reviews for hardware engineering teams working on schematics and PCB layouts. Instead of relying on manual, time-consuming reviews by senior engineers, DRCY runs AI-powered automated checks every time a design is updated in version control.
Edge Impulse
Time Series Data Augmentation
Time Series Data Augmentation is an Edge Impulse feature that programmatically increases the size and diversity of time-series training datasets by applying controlled, statistically grounded signal transformations. It is designed for sensor-based ML workloads where labelled data is often limited, expensive to capture, or highly variable in the real world.
Edge Impulse
YOLO-Pro
YOLO-Pro is a new object-detection architecture built for real-time Edge deployment, delivering YOLO-class accuracy with compute, latency, and power requirements that are optimised for the key types of Edge hardware on the market – along with clear, commercial-friendly licensing.
OMRON Electronic Components
B5T-007003
The B5T-007003 is a compact, specialised module designed to detect people wearing cleanroom suits, providing image-sensing capabilities for industrial PCs, Windows PCs, or embedded Linux systems.
Northern.tech
Mender
Mender provides secure over-the-air (OTA) software update and device lifecycle management infrastructure, enabling organisations to deploy and maintain device software remotely, long after launch.
Winbond
CUBE
CUBE (Customised Ultra-Bandwidth Elements) is a high-bandwidth memory interface technology developed to address a practical design constraint in Edge AI systems: achieving sufficient memory bandwidth without exceeding power, thermal, or footprint limits.
TrustInSoft
TrustInSoft Analyzer
TrustInSoft Analyzer is an exhaustive static C /C++/Rust source code analyser that ensures the safety, robustness, and security of the source code by providing mathematical/formal guarantees.
Passives Product
KYOCERA AVX
9002418L0-L16S
KYOCERA AVX’s 9002418L0-L16S is an innovative S-band antenna designed for Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) satellite connectivity. It delivers reliable high gain and wide bandwidth performance while uniquely offering selectable circular polarization (LHCP or RHCP) within a single design – enabling compatibility with multiple satellite constellations without redesign.
Panasonic Industry Europe
ZVU Series Conductive Polymer Hybrid Aluminium Electrolytic Capacitors
Panasonic Industry Europe’s ZVU Series Conductive Polymer Hybrid Aluminium Electrolytic Capacitors are tailored to meet the escalating demands of advanced electronic systems, designed to deliver exceptional reliability, extended lifespan, and outstanding thermal performance.
Semiconductor Product
Silicon Labs
Series 3 SiMG301
The SiMG301 is a secure, multiprotocol wireless SoC designed to accelerate the development of smart lighting, switches, and sensors. It combines PSA Level 4 security, ample compute, and memory, and an integrated LED pre-driver, reducing the need for external components, lowering BOM costs, and saving board space in line-powered designs.
Lattice Semiconductor
MachXO5-NX TDQ FPGA family
With quantum computing on the horizon, safeguarding digital infrastructure has never been more critical. To support this, Lattice Semiconductor developed the Lattice MachXO5-NX TDQ FPGA family, setting a new benchmark as the first secure control FPGAs with a full suite of Commercial National Security Algorithm (CNSA) 2.0-compliant post-quantum cryptography (PQC) support.
NXP Semiconductors
S32N7 Super-Integration Processor Series for software-defined vehicles
NXP’s S32N7 processor series breaks silos to drive cross-domain innovation through Edge AI, delivering differentiating value at the heart of the software-defined vehicle (SDV). S32N7 enables vehicles to become intelligent and evolve through AI and frequent OTA updates.
Nordic Semiconductor
nRF54LM20B
The nRF54LM20B is an ultra-low-power, large-memory wireless SoC delivering AI intelligence to the smallest battery-powered IoT devices. With market-leading energy efficiency (193 CoreMark/mA at 3V), dedicated compute power, and unmatched ease of development, it accelerates Edge-AI adoption.
Stathera
STA320 DualMode MEMS Oscillator
Stathera’s DualMode MEMS oscillator is a groundbreaking timing solution that generates both kHz and MHz clock signals from a single resonator. It is the world’s first DualMode MEMS timing device capable of replacing two traditional oscillators with a single Stathera MEMS oscillator.
Silicon Motion
FerriSSD
FerriSSD is a compact PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD designed to serve as a reliable boot drive for AI servers and embedded computing platforms. It integrates the controller, 3D NAND flash, and passive components into a single BGA package.
