Finalists

2013 Engineers’ Choice Awards finalists

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Finalists by category


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Hardware – Handheld test, measurement, calibration

Hardware – HMI, operator interface, thin-client

Hardware – Industrial PCs

Hardware – Integrated HMI controllers

Machine and Embedded Control – CNCs, board-level products

Machine and Embedded Control – Discrete sensors

Machine and Embedded Control – Machine vision, barcode readers

Machine and Embedded Control – PACs

Machine and Embedded Control – PLCs

Motion Control

Motion Control – Drives

Motion Control – Servo drives

Network Integration – Ethernet hardware

Network Integration – I/O systems

Network Integration – Network hardware

Network Integration – Wireless products

Power – Energy, power interruption

Power – Energy, power protection

Power – Energy, power protection, UPS

Power – Motor control

Process Control – Process sensors

Process Control systems

Safety – Machine safety

Software – Applications

Software – Applications, monitoring

Software – Control design

Software – Diagnostics

Software – HMI software

Software – Mobile apps for controls, automation, instrumentation

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