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System Check: Should Engineers Move Fast and Break Things?

System Check! Engineering often requires balancing speed, innovation, reliability, and risk. But where...
System Check: How Did Your Electronics Journey Begin?

System check! Elektor wants to know how your electronics journey began. When did you start, and what...
System Check: How Do You Feel About Quantum Computing?

System check! Elektor wants to know how you feel about quantum computing? Is it relevant in your engineering...
System Check: What Interests You Outside of Electronics Engineering?

System check! Elektor wants to know about your interests outside of electronics engineering. Do you...
System Check: Which Technologies Most Interest You? (29)

System check! Elektor wants to know which technologies interest you the most. Which emerging technology...
System Check: How Internet-Dependent Are You?

System check! Elektor wants to know about your level of Internet-dependency. If you lost access to the...
System Check: How Do You Prefer to Learn Electronics and Engineering

System check! Elektor wants to know: How do you prefer to learn electronics? Which format works best...
Arduino Open-Source Ecosystem Gets a Fresh GitHub Push

The Arduino open-source ecosystem is back in the spotlight, with Arduino publishing and updating dozens...
Embedded Security Is No Longer Optional

The age of treating embedded security as a "nice to have" is officially over. Every network-connected...
AI Won’t Replace Engineers, But It Will Forge a New Breed of Them

AI is transforming how we design electronics, but it’s not here to replace engineers. It’s here to create a new...
We’re Not Innovating, We’re Just Forgetting Slower

We’ve mistaken complexity for progress — and forgotten how things really work. A 41-year-old home computer...
Elektor's Opinion Page: Where Electronics Innovators Share Unfiltered Insights

Elektor's Opinion section enables engineers, makers, and students to share unfiltered thoughts on electronics...
Europe’s Electronics Wake-Up Call: Onshore Electronics Production Before It’s Too Late

Europe’s tech future is on the line. It is time to onshore electronics manufacturing. Bringing semiconductors, PCB...
Opinion: The European Chips Act Has No Clothes

The European Court of Auditors questions the European Chips Act’s ambition and realism. Despite bold promises,...
2025: An AI Odyssey — The Transformative Impact on Software Development

As AI takes on a growing share of software development, developers are transitioning from traditional...