This time of year, most voters in the U.S. are focused on political elections. But ECN readers have their say through our annual Readers Choice Tech Awards. This past November, visitors to ecnmag.com voted for the best new products that appeared in ECN in the previous 12 months. Each product category that ECN covers was represented in the online poll, and the winning products for each category are presented here in this Awards Issue.

As a design engineer, you know that you face very real and challenging issues such as time to market, getting the most functionality into a design, space constraints and cost. In addition, efficiency and the environment continue to be increasingly important to designers. That’s why we added an Energy Efficiency category to this year’s Awards. The winning products are those chosen by your peers that best meet these issues and challenges, and they are recognized for their excellence and leadership by their manufacturers.

Click a category to see the winners:

Energy Efficiency | Boards & Modules | Electromechanical & Mechanical Devices | Embedded Systems
Integrated Circuits | Optoelectronics & Displays | Passive & Discrete Components | Packaging & Interconnects
Power Sources | Sensors & Actuators | Test & Measurement 

- The ECN Editorial Staff