Elektor aims at inspiring people to master electronics at any personal level by presenting construction projects and spotting developments in electronics and information technology.
Elektor is published 11 times a year with a double issue for July and August. The magazine is available from newsagents, bookstores and electronics retail outlets, on subscription and on-line as a monthly pdf download (Elektor Digital Plus subscriptions only).
Elektor's international editions together form the widest circulated publication on electronics and computer technology. Elektor is the world’s only English-language electronics journal with an in-house design laboratory.
Elektor publishes more circuits and articles per year than any of its UK, US or Australian competitors in the market. Elektor has been on sale and distribution throughout the world since 1975, without fail or change of title.
The flexible magazine structure allows coverage in every editon of microcontrollers, test & measurement, CAD, manufacturing techniques, audio, analogue electronics, RF electronics, design ideas and many other fields of interest in electronics.
Structurally, each edition of Elektor magazine contains
articles describing new technologies, new developments or devices, market overviews or unusual approaches. These articles appear within the editorial space of the magazine, hence should concentrate on technological rather than commercial aspects. Publication is at the discretion of the Editor.
a News & New Products section (usually pages 8–12). Companies, research institutions and agencies are invited to contribute to the section by sending their press releases to the Editor by email. Publication is free and at the discretion of the Editor.
several advanced level construction projects received from free-lance contributors and edited for publication to Elektor’s vast audience of engineers. Selected projects are co-engineered by Elektor Labs culminating in the production of circuit boards, kits and other products for retailing by Elektor.
In addtion, each edition focuses on selected areas of modern electronics.
| January | Embedded Electronics |
| February | Power Supplies |
| March | Test & Measurement |
| April | Green Electronics |
| May | Audio |
| June | LEDs |
| July & August | Project Generator Edition / Summer Circuits |
| September | Data Acquisition |
| October | Microcontrolllers |
| November | Communications |
| December | Sensors |
| January | t.b.d. |