2023 IDEA Awards: SiTime is the Big IDEA Winner

Sept. 22, 2023
All votes have been tabulated, and Tristar AI is the winner in the machine vision category.

SiTime’s SiT7910 temperature-compensated oscillator (TCXO) is the Big IDEA Winner in the annual IDEA Awards, presented by Machine Design, Electronic Design, Power & Motion, Microwaves & RF and Vision Systems Design.

After voters from all over the world cast their ballots, Winners and Honorees were crowned in 11 categories. The SiTime SIT7910 received the highest number of votes in all categories and received 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 today and tomorrow, said Bob Vavra, senior content director for Machine Design and Power & Motion. “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—a safer, smarter and better-connected manufacturing enterprise.

The 2023 IDEA Award winners are listed below.

BIG IDEA Winner

SiTime

SiT7910

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Machine Vision

Winner:

Tristar AI

Tristar AI

Honorees:

Net Results Group

MRO3i ver 4.0

Balluff

BVS IdentSensor

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Additive & Materials Management

Winner:

Protolabs

Instant Design for Additive Manufacturability (DfAM) Analysis

Honorees:

Phoenix Contact

clipx WIRE assist

Emerson

Branson GMX-HP Ultrasonic Metal Welder

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Automation & Controls

Winner:

Red Lion

N-Tron Series NT5000 Gigabit Managed Layer 2 Ethernet switches

Honorees:

Rockwell Automation

Allen-Bradley Micro850 Programmable Logic Controller Systems and Micro870 Programmable Logic Controller Systems

Emerson

CIP Utilities and Automated Reporting Analytics Package

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Communications

Winner:

Morse Micro

Wi-Fi HaLow SoCs

Honorees:

Microchip Technologies

PIC32CX-BZ2 MCU Family

Texas Instruments

CC2340R5

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Computing

Winner:

Ambaralla

Ambarella’s Centrally Processed 4D Imaging Radar Architecture for Autonomous Mobility Systems

Honorees:

Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Avent

Texas Instruments

AM6xA

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Design & Operations Software

Winner

ECM PCB Stator Technology

PrintStator Motor CAD

Honorees:

Nexperia

Interactive Datasheets for MOSFETs

Nullspace Inc.

Nullspace EM

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Electric Drives, Motors & Components

Winner:

SiTime

SiT9396/7 Automotive Timing Family

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Electronic Components

Winner:

SiTime

Elite RF SiT5376/SiT5377 Super-TCXOs

Honorees:

Point2 Technology

P1B120 Mixed-signal System-on-Chip (SoC)

Sun Hydraulics

ENERGEN

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Motion Control

Winner:

Exair

1/2 NPT HollowStream Liquid Atomizing Nozzle

Honorees:

Bishop Wisecarver

DualVee RTU-H

Thompson Industries

Electrak XD

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Sensors & Software

Winner:

Texas Instruments

ULC1001

Honorees:

Rockwell Automation

Allen‑Bradley RightSight and VisiSight photoelectric sensors

Microchip Technologies

LX34070 IC

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