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3-10-2017 | At Elektor Labs we are confronted at all sorts of projects, from simple ideas to fully developed all-singing all-dancing multi-board constru...

30-09-2017 | Whenever a standard gains traction it quickly gets polluted with sub-standards, updates, forks, extensions, and what not. The hard part—besi...

28-09-2017 | Often it is fine to use something without wondering why, what or how, but sometimes it is useful to understand why things are the way they a...

26-09-2017 | One month ago we asked Elektor Labs users to design an original fading LED circuit and publish its schematic together with a video as a proj...

19-09-2017 | -- Hey guys, look what I made. I put a ball bearing in the center of this flat multi-lobed structure so that it can spin along its axis. Tha...

12-09-2017 | Everybody welcomes a good idea. Here is one for those who construct small circuits on prototyping board and then let them lie around without...

5-09-2017 | LEDs that slowly fade in and out to indicate stand-by mode or the availability of a new message have been made popular by smartphones and ot...

4-09-2017 | A new series of MKP film capacitors optimized for use with AC voltages with high ripple currents features extreme robustness as they pass a...

1-09-2017 | Did you build an Elektor project or read an Elektor article? Did you like it? Hated it? Tweaked, modded or destroyed something? This is your...

29-08-2017 | Silicon dioxide is a good insulator, and can be obtained by exposing silicon to oxygen. Chip manufacturers make use of this property to isol...