Elektor Mag (Industry Edition): 60 Years of Electronics and Elektor

During the past 60 years, Elektor has chronicled and contributed to electronics history, from the transistors of the 1960s to the present-day MCUs and FPGAs. In this special issue of Elektor, we shine a light on six decades of electronics and Elektor. We also prepare you for the upcoming productronica 2021 trade show and the World Ethical Electronics Forum. Let's take a look inside the exciting special edition.

Inside the Issue

60 Years of Electronics and Elektor

• The 1960s
• Enter: Solid-State Electronics
• The Transition from Tubes to Transistors in Dutch Higher Education
• Tubes to Transistors

The 1970s

• The Micro Movement
• The Birth of the Microprocessor: The Intel 4004
• Elektor in the 1970s and Beyond: Q&A with Karel Walraven

  The 1980s

• A Computing Revolution
• The Battle of 8-Bit Home Computers
• Audio Electronics in the 1980s: Jan Didden on Audio, Engineering, and Elektor

The 1990s

• Digitization in the 1990s
• Web 1.0: Welcome to the Internet: Computers Get Connected
• Engineering in the 1990s: Martin Jepkens on ’90s-Era Tech and More

   
The 2000s

• Microcontrollers for Everyone
• Microcontrollers Take the Stage
• The Microcontroller Boom: From 8 to 32 Bits in a Decade
• The Rise of Arduino: An Interview with David Cuartielles

The 2010s

• The 2010s and Beyond: The IoT Explosion
• The Past, Present, and Future of the Internet of Things
• A Decade of Raspberry Pi: Eben Upton on the Past, Present, and Future

productronica 2021 Special

• Waiting for Chips: The Crisis Continues
• Electronics Manufacturing Simplified: Felix Plitzko on Making Hardware “Less Hard”
• productronica 2021 and the Future of Electronics Production: An Interview with Barbara Müller
• Understanding Power Conversion and the Popular Topologies
• Innovative Solder Wires: Heading for the Future at High Speed
• EMC and Efficiency Optimization of High Power DC/DC Converters
• Research Resolves One Issue, Opens New Opportunities: A Versatile New Flux Platform
• eloprint Introduces a New Generation of Test Fixtures
• Specialists for Embedded MP3 Modules, Embedded Technologies, and the Development of Customized Electronics

   
The World Ethical Electronics Forum

• Ethical Electronics Companies and People to Watch in 2022
• World Ethical Electronics Forum 2021: The Electronics Industry and Its Ethical Commitment
• Ethics in Electronics: What Is Your Opinion?
• Climate Neutral in 2021, Every Year Counts!: Interview with Frank Riemenschneider (SEGGER)
• The European Green Deal: Batteries Included
• Sustainable Development Goals

Regulars

• New products from the Elektor Store
• Elektor Featured on The Creative Minds Podcast

 

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