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1-08-2022 | If the November 1981 issue of Elektor was quickly sold out, that was unlikely due to its extravagant cover illustration but rather because i...

1-05-2022 | The world of RF amplifiers is fascinating because of the wide range of methods in use. Today, many are constructed from solid-state componen...

31-03-2022 | The world of RF amplifiers is fascinating because of the wide range of methods in use. Today, many are constructed from solid-state componen...

4-01-2022 | Restore an old valve radio by adding an Arduino board and an MP3 player to it. Make it play recordings of radio shows from the previous cent...

15-12-2021 | When Elektor was born as Electronica wereld back in 1961, the tube filament still glowed. But by the end of the decade, the transistor had d...

14-12-2021 | Telephones of the 50s and 70s with a dial plate become full functional wireless devices.

1-11-2021 | Examining the DIY electronics scene in the 1960s by browsing pages from old electronics magazines — both pro and hobbyist — you can’t help n...

1-05-2021 | In 1981, there were lots of books about the Zilog Z80 microprocessor, which was introduced in 1976, but this particular book was different....

10-04-2021 | Why connect an obsolete 360KB floppy disk drive to a Raspberry Pi? Because it is there, as George Mallory certainly would have said if he ha...

1-03-2021 | Oh nostalgia. Since 2003, some of SparkFun’s hallmarks have been crazy products, edgy projects, and a quirky culture. Invited to guest-edit...