Elektor
Encyclopedia
Elektor is a monthly magazine about all aspects of electronics
, first published as "Elektuur" in the Netherland
s in 1960, and now published worldwide in many languages including English, German, Dutch, French, Greek, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese (native and Brazilian) and Italian with distribution in over 50 countries. The English language edition of Elektor was launched in 1975 and is read worldwide.
Elektor publishes a vast range of electronic projects, background articles and designs aimed at engineers, enthusiasts, students and professionals. To help readers build featured projects, Elektor also offer PCBs (printed circuit board
s) of many of their designs, as well as kits and modules. If the project employs a microcontroller
and/or PC software, as is now often the case, Elektor normally supply the source code
and files free of charge via their website. Most PCB artwork is also available from their website.
Elektor also publish books, CDs and DVDs about audio, microprocessors, software, programming languages and general purpose electronics.
Elektor is published by Elektor International media, headquartered in Limbricht, The Netherlands.
In December 2009 Elektor announced that for the American market a strategic cooperation would be entered with Steve Ciarcia
's Circuit Cellar magazine
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
, first published as "Elektuur" in the Netherland
Netherland
Netherland is a critically acclaimed novel by Joseph O'Neill. It concerns the life of a Dutchman living in New York in the wake of the September 11 attacks who takes up cricket and starts playing at the Staten Island Cricket Club.-Plot summary:...
s in 1960, and now published worldwide in many languages including English, German, Dutch, French, Greek, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese (native and Brazilian) and Italian with distribution in over 50 countries. The English language edition of Elektor was launched in 1975 and is read worldwide.
Elektor publishes a vast range of electronic projects, background articles and designs aimed at engineers, enthusiasts, students and professionals. To help readers build featured projects, Elektor also offer PCBs (printed circuit board
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, tracks or signal traces etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. It is also referred to as printed wiring board or etched wiring...
s) of many of their designs, as well as kits and modules. If the project employs a microcontroller
Microcontroller
A microcontroller is a small computer on a single integrated circuit containing a processor core, memory, and programmable input/output peripherals. Program memory in the form of NOR flash or OTP ROM is also often included on chip, as well as a typically small amount of RAM...
and/or PC software, as is now often the case, Elektor normally supply the source code
Source code
In computer science, source code is text written using the format and syntax of the programming language that it is being written in. Such a language is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source...
and files free of charge via their website. Most PCB artwork is also available from their website.
Elektor also publish books, CDs and DVDs about audio, microprocessors, software, programming languages and general purpose electronics.
Elektor is published by Elektor International media, headquartered in Limbricht, The Netherlands.
In December 2009 Elektor announced that for the American market a strategic cooperation would be entered with Steve Ciarcia
Steve Ciarcia
Steve Ciarcia is an embedded control systems engineer. He became popular through his Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar column in BYTE magazine, and later through the Circuit Cellar magazine that he published...
's Circuit Cellar magazine
See also
- Elektor TV Games ComputerElektor TV Games ComputerThe Elektor TV Games Computer was a programmable computer system sold by Elektor in kit form from 1979. It used the Signetics 2650 CPU with the Signetics 2636 PVI for graphics and sound. These were the same chips as used in the Interton VC 4000 console family...
- Elektor Junior ComputerElektor Junior ComputerThe Elektor Junior Computer was a simple 6502 based microprocessor development board published in the 1980s in the Dutch, German and later French, Spanish and British versions of Elektor/Elektuur, in the form of a series of articles, and four books...
- Circuit Cellar magazine