Elektor

:Elektor (ἠλέκτωρ) is also an ancient Greek name or epithet of the Sun, see Helios.

{{Infobox magazine

| title = Elektor Magazine

| image_file = File:Elektor January 2002.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| image_caption = Cover of January 2002 issue

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| frequency = Monthly

| circulation =

| category = Electronics

| company = Elektor International Media

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| firstdate = 1961{{Cite web |url=https://www.elektormagazine.com/magazine|title=Elektor - Learn, Design & Share electronics|access-date=2020-10-25}}

| country = Netherlands, International

| language = English, German, Dutch, French

| website = [https://www.elektormagazine.com/ elektormagazine.com]{{cite book|author=Mike Tooley|title=Electronic Circuits: Fundamentals and Applications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Tv3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA495|date=7 November 2019|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-00-073364-8|pages=495–}}

| issn = 1757-0875

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Elektor, also known as Elektor Magazine,{{cite book|author1=Roni Jo Draper|author2=Paul Broomhead|author3=Amy Peterson Jensen|author4=Daniel Siebert, Jeffrey D. Nokes|title=(Re)Imagining Content-Area Literacy Instruction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KroJh0RhTYMC&pg=PA169|date=18 April 2015|publisher=Teachers College Press|isbn=978-0-8077-7133-4|pages=169–}} is a monthly magazine about all aspects of electronics, originally published in the Netherlands as Elektronica Wereld in 1961 and latterly Elektuur in 1964,{{cite book|author1=Nick Collins|author2=Nicholas Collins|author3=Julio d'Escrivan|author4=Julio d' Escrivan Rincón|title=The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRs3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA240|date=9 November 2017|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-13355-6|pages=240–}} and now published worldwide in many languages including English, German, Dutch, French, Greek (September 1982 to May 2008{{Cite web |url=https://diyelectronics-gr.blogspot.com/2017/10/blog-post_24.html |title=Ελληνική έκδοση του ΕΛΕΚΤΟΡ |access-date=2020-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927130239/https://diyelectronics-gr.blogspot.com/2017/10/blog-post_24.html |archive-date=2020-09-27 |url-status=live}}), Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese (European and Brazilian) and Italian with distribution in over 50 countries. The English language edition of Elektor was launched in 1975 and is read worldwide.

Elektor (in Dutch: Elektuur, in Greek: ελέκτορ) was founded in 1960 by the Dutch Bob W. van der Horst. It was and still is a leading publisher with a vast loyal group of readers around the world. Not only hobbyists but also professionals.

Elektor publishes a vast range of electronic projects, background articles and designs aimed at engineers, enthusiasts, students and professionals. To help readers build featured projects, Elektor also offer PCBs (printed circuit boards) of many of their designs, as well as kits and modules. If the project employs a microcontroller and/or PC software, as is now often the case, Elektor normally supply the source code and files free of charge via their website. Most PCB artwork is also available from their website.

Elektor also publishes books, CDs and DVDs about audio, microprocessors, software, programming languages and general purpose electronics.

Elektor is published by {{ill|Elektor International Media|de}}, headquartered in Limbricht, The Netherlands.

In December 2009, Elektor announced that for the American market a strategic cooperation would be entered with Steve Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar magazine{{Cite web |url=http://www.circuitcellar.com/archives/priorityinterrupt/234.html |title=A Handshake and a Future |access-date=2010-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103075926/http://www.circuitcellar.com/archives/priorityinterrupt/234.html |archive-date=2010-01-03 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.elektor.com/news-us/big-deal-elektor-circuit-cellar.1175554.lynkx |title=BIG DEAL: Elektor & Circuit Cellar |access-date=2010-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530011617/http://www.elektor.com/news-us/big-deal-elektor-circuit-cellar.1175554.lynkx |archive-date=2011-05-30 |url-status=dead}} In 2014, Circuit Cellar magazine separated from Elektor.

It also features articles about vintage electronics e.g. from the 1960s called retronics.

The English edition of Elektor is distributed in North America (USA and Canada) with {{ISSN|1947-3753}} and in the UK and elsewhere with {{ISSN|1757-0875}}. The German issue has {{ISSN|0932-5468}} ({{CODEN|ELKRCM}}).