Electronics Weekly announced the winners of the prestigious industry awards Elektra Awards 2025.
The nomination in the category of Passive/Interconnection/Electromechanical Product of the Year includes:
- Microchip Technology, HSAutoLink C
- Panasonic Industry Europe, ZVU series conductive polymer hybrid aluminium electrolytic capacitors
- Pickering Electronics, Series 125 ultra-high density 5mm² reed relays
- Same Sky, AMT25 absolute encoder series
- Saras Micro Devices, STILE module
- Smiths Interconnect, Cat5e and Cat6A high-speed data transmission modules
- Smiths Interconnect, Mini-Lock connector
- Vishay Intertechnology, SGTPL-28 Series space-grade planar transformers
… and the winner is:
Pickering Electronics, Series 125 ultra-high density 5mm² reed relays
Pickering Electronics has introduced its latest high-density reed relay, Series 125 – the industry’s smallest two pole DPST (dual-pole, single-throw) reed relay – switching up to an impressive 1 Amp, 20 Watts, while stacking on a compact 5mm x 5mm pitch.
This high packing density maximizes PCB real estate, making the relays ideal for very high-density applications such as ATE (automated test equipment) switching matrices or multiplexers. The relay also excels in mixed-signal environments, offering high insulation resistance (>1012 Ω) and low contact resistance, thanks to its sputtered ruthenium instrumentation-grade switches.
Features
Ultra High Density Reed Relays
Up to 1 Amp, 20 Watts Switching
Stacking on 5mm x 5mm Pitch – the Highest Packing Density for 2-Pole, 1 Form A RF, 1 Form B and 1 Form C reed relays
- 3V, 5V or 12V coils with diode
- 1 Form A (SPST-NO), 1 Form A RF (SPST-NO), 1 Form B (SPST-NC), 1 Form C (SPDT) & 2 Form A (DPST) reed relays
- Full mu-metal magnetic screening reduces interaction from 40% to just 1%
- Insulation resistance greater than 10¹²Ω
- 100% tested for dynamic contact resistance for guaranteed performance
- Ideal for A.T.E. switching matrices or multiplexers
- Highest quality instrumentation grade reed switches
- Many benefits compared to industry standard relays.
- Highest packing density 1A RF, 1B 1C & 2A reed relay currently available
- Designed in the United Kingdom and manufactured in the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic.
ELEKTRA AWARDS Winners in All Categories
Here is the complete list of Elektra Awards 2025 winners
Major awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award – Professor Cyril Hilsum CBE
- Best Electronics Workplace Award – Cambridge GaN Devices
- Manufacturer of the Year – Axiom Manufacturing Services (H/C: OMC)
- Educational Support Award – Academy Achievers (H/C: Red Pitaya)
- Rising Star Award – Tom Bowman, Metasphere
- Start-up of the Year – QPT
- University Research Readers’ Choice Award – Teesside and Edinburgh universities, new carbon capture material
Semiconductor product awards
- Automotive/Hi-Rel Semiconductor Product of the Year – Spacechips, Spacechips Edge 1 (H/C: Nordic Semiconductor, nRF9151 SiP module)
- Consumer Semiconductor – Energy-efficiency – Nanopower Semiconductor, nPZero power supervisor IC
- Consumer Semiconductor – Microprocessors & Digital Support ICs – Innatera, Spiking Neural Processor Pulsar
- Consumer Semiconductor – Sensing and Displays – NXP Semiconductors, Trimension SR250
- Medical Semiconductor Product of the Year – Innatera, Spiking Neural Processor Pulsar (H/C: Nanopower Semiconductor, nPZero power supervisor IC)
Other product awards
- Passive/Interconnection/Electromechanical Product of the Year – Pickering Electronics, Series 125 ultra-high density 5 mm² reed relays
- Power System Product of the Year – Dukosi, Dukosi Cell Monitoring System (DKCMS) (H/C: Itech Electronics, IT2700 multi-channel modular power system)
- Smart Building Product of the Year – Morse Micro, MM8102 Wi‑Fi HaLow SoC (H/C: Sensata Technologies, Resonix RGD gas leak detection sensor)
- Design Tool and Development Software Product of the Year – Siemens EDA, Tessent in-system test
Team and special awards
- Design Team of the Year – Celestia UK – Satellite Gateway design team
- The Futurist Award – Innatera, Spiking Neural Processor Pulsar (H/C: QPT, qIPM 1 MHz sine wave motor drive)