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2008 EDN Innovation Awards Night

31 October 2008

The electronics industry in Australia and New Zealand has spawned a rare breed of creative minds, constantly outdoing each other for the best innovations worthy of being recognised worldwide.

For the fourth time, the EDN Innovation Awards honoured the excellence in the field of electronics engineering in the region. This year, we’ve added two more awards, and after several months of brainstorming, the finalists for the eight categories were finally revealed.

Although not everyone can be a winner, each entry is sufficient evidence that innovative, talented and skilled minds abound in Australia and New Zealand. Each nominee deserves to be applauded for their hard work and dedication.

We would also like to thank our sponsors for their continuous support. Without them, the EDN Innovation Awards wouldn’t be complete.

The nominees for this year are:

Best student project

Project Curtin University for the Braille typewriter controller
La Trobe University for Smart Intersections + GPS
Monash University for Total Recharge Charger
Griffith University for Wireless UHF RFID Tag Reader

Best application of test or data acquisition equipment

BAE Systems for Nulka Battery Surveillance System
CPE Systems for Welder Test System
CSIRO (Robert Shaw) for Australian SKA Pathfinder
CPE Systems for Mil-Std-1553 Replacement System
Nightside Test Design for OBO: Impact Testing Facility

Best application of a microcontroller

Australian Arrow for Automotive Telematics System
Device Logic for Mircon distributed control system
Ignitor Alarms for Motorbike alarm
Microcontrol Pty Ltd for Embedded Audio Archive
KRS Drive Systems for Foot Switch Controller
BCS Innovations for Nu Sep MF-10 Protein Separator

Best application of RF design

CSIRO (Alex Grancea) for Differential Low Noise Amplifier
CSIRO (Alex Grancea) for Four Channel Analogue Beamformer
Mesaplexx for Mesaplexx AA4000 tower unit
PWP Designs for Automated Boxing Scoring System
Sage Consultants for Wireless Bicycle Power Meter
Inventis Technology for SafeZone In-Road Warning System
iMonitor Controller for Kiwi fruit store

Best application of programmable logic

Ambilogic for PLC-based Electro-hydraulic Marine Steering
ADC Krone for Terminal Inspection Station
Bluewater Sys for Compact Flash Camera
Haliplex for HPX-1600
OEM Technology for PC3 Series Programmable Controller
CASA for Isuzu FPGA

Best application of analogue design

GSL Electronics for GSLSBC6048 Solar Charger
CEA Technologies for The WaveGen
Lazer Safe for Block Laser

Best application of computer/boards and buses

Avega Systems for Aios Networked Home Entertainment Platform
Ellex Medical Pty Ltd for Integre Ophthalmic Laser System
Logica Australia for MD300r Rack Mnt Modular RTU
Navico Asia Pacific for Northstar 8000i - 12” Display Processor

Best application of design software

FairlightAU Pty Ltd for Xynergi Controller
GS1 (Pacific Brands) for Sleepmaker EPC/RFID
MartinStrange Consulting for The Mesh
Seba Design for TheatreMotion

The winners for this year’s award are:

Best student project