A record number of entries for this year's Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards made the task of the judging panel even more difficult. However, the judging process has been completed and Electronics Weekly and the Awards sponsors are happy to announce the shortlists for Elektra 2007. The winners in each of the 16 Award categories will be announced at a Gala Dinner on 12th December at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London.

Full details of the Elektra 2007 event

Embedded System Product of the Year
Sponsored by Gleichmann Sunrise

Altera - Nios II C-to-hardware (C2H) acceleration compiler
ARC International - VRaptor configurable processor architecture for multimedia applications
ARTiSAN Software Tools - Studio 6.2 OMG SysML tool suite
Green Hills Software - DoubleCheck integrated static analyser and debug tool
National Instruments - cRIO-9014 CompactRIO controller for embedded design
TNI Software - Autostar design environment for automotive systems

Design Application of the Year
Sponsored by Sony

Flownetix - 300 series low power non-moving part water meter 
Future Electronics - Blox multi-vendor reference design
Imagination Technologies - Multi-standard mobile TV receiver platform
International Rectifier - Sensorless motor control platform for variable-speed drive
PicoChip Designs - Femtocell basestation reference design

R&D Award
Sponsored by XJTAG

Binstead Designs - Touch interactive film technology
Fractus - Fractal antenna-in-package technology
Freescale Semiconductor -
Redistributed chip packaging (RCP) integrated die and package technology
MicroEmissive Displays - QVGA resolution microdisplay
Polymertronics - Inkjet printable, ultra-violet curable organic nanotechnology

Manufacturer of the Year
Sponsored by Avnet

Plexus (UK)
Powerlase
TQ-Systems GmbH

Distributor of the Year
Sponsored by Intellect

Anglia Components
Azzurri Technology
Farnell
TTI
2001 Electronic Components

Fabless Semiconductor Supplier
Sponsored by Hamilton Parker

Frontier Silicon
Innovative Silicon
Phyworks
PicoChip Designs
Xilinx

Design & Test Product of the Year
Sponsored by RS Components

Agilent Technologies - E6651A mobile WiMAX test set
Goepel Electronic - VarioCore multi-functional JTAG/boundary scan platform
National Instruments - LabVIEW 8.20 graphical system design platform
Pico Technology - PicoScope 5204 dual-channel 250MHz PC oscilloscope
Synplicity - TotalRecall, full visibility FPGA-based Asic prototyping
Tektronix - MSO4000 mixed-signal oscilloscope for embedded systems design
Thurlby Thandar Instruments -
PSA-T series handheld RF spectrum analyser

Power Systems Product of the Year
Sponsored by Anglia

Fairchild Semiconductor - Motion-SPM nine chip motion controller in SMD
Maxwell Technologies - HTM390 ultra-capacitor module
Power-One - 60A ZY8160 digital point of load converter with digital control
XP Power - MFA350 small form-factor 350W power supply

Passive & Electromechanical Product of the Year
Sponsored by EPN Magazine

Cap-XXX - HS206 supercapacitor
Hypertac - HBB high current connector
ITT - Chip-on-flex filter technology
Murata Electronics UK - Safam series of boundary acoustic wave filters
Omron Electronic Components Europe - UWB antenna

Clean Design Award
Sponsored by Omron

Ericsson Power Modules -
Employing life-cycle assessment of the energy impact of its products
Brainboxes - Reducing environmental footprint of its product design and manufacture
VIA Technologies - Sustainable computing and the carbon-free C7-D processor

Website Innovation Award
Sponsored by Display Solutions

Amplicon - Sales website for engineers and buyers
CSR - Use of microsites in an online marketing strategy
Vicor - PowerBench online power supply design tool

Start-up of the Year
Sponsored by Varitronix

Mirics Semiconductor
Point 35 Microstructures
Polymertronics
XMOS Semiconductor

Semiconductor Product of the Year
Sponsored by Azzurri Technology

Silicon Laboratories - Si53xx any-rate precision clock device
Xilinx - 65nm Virtex-5 LX FPGA
DisplayLink - DL-120/160 USB 2.0 PC/video interface
Toumaz Technology - Sensium low power body monitor
Icera - Livanto ICE8020 soft baseband device supporting HSPA
3Dlabs - DMS-02 media processor

Three other Awards being announced on the night will be:

Student Engineer of  the Year
Sponsored by Rapid Electronics

Company of the Year
Sponsored by Amplicon 

Readers' Choice Product Innovation of the Year
Sponsored by International Rectifier

Electronics Weekly is taking votes for its Product Innovation of the Year - Readers Choice as part of this year's Elektra Awards.

Everyone who casts a vote via email will be entered for a prize draw and the chance to win 2 VIP tickets to the Elektra Awards and £100 of shopping vouchers.

The Readers Choice Award, which is sponsored by International Rectifier, gives readers the opportunity to make their choice from a shortlist of five innovative products.

1) Alpine Electronics Blackbird (PMD-B100P) portable navigation with a built-in radio data system (RDS) TMC tuner for receiving traffic information. 

2) Cochlear's Nucleus Freedom speech processor for hearing aid implants.  

3) LG's Super Multi Blue, an internal drive that can burn Blu-ray discs and play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. 

4) Nintendo's Wii games console.

5) Philips VOIP841 Internet phone for both Skype and landline calls.

Send your choice for the Product Innovation of the Year to competitions@electronicsweekly.com and enter the prize draw for two VIP tickets to the Elektra Awards and £100 worth of shopping vouchers