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''Elektor'', also known as ''Elektor Magazine'',
is a
monthly
magazine about all aspects of
electronics
The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification ...
, originally published in the
Netherlands
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as ''Elektronica Wereld'' in 1961 and latterly ''Elektuur'' in 1964,
and now published worldwide in many languages including English, German, Dutch, French, Greek (September 1982 to May 2008), Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese (European 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'' (in Dutch: ''Elektuur'', in Greek: ''ελέκτορ'') was founded in 1960 by the Dutch Bob W. van der Horst. It was and still is a leading publisher with a vast loyal group of readers around the world. Not only hobbyists but also professionals.
''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
A printed circuit board (PCB; also printed wiring board or PWB) is a medium used in electrical and electronic engineering to connect electronic components to one another in a controlled manner. It takes the form of a laminated sandwich str ...
s) of many of their designs, as well as kits and modules. If the project employs a
microcontroller
A microcontroller (MCU for ''microcontroller unit'', often also MC, UC, or μC) is a small computer on a single VLSI integrated circuit (IC) chip. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs ( processor cores) along with memory and programma ...
and/or PC software, as is now often the case, ''Elektor'' normally supply the
source code
In computing, source code, or simply code, is any collection of code, with or without comment (computer programming), comments, written using a human-readable programming language, usually as plain text. The source code of a Computer program, p ...