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Avoid home fires and burnt-out electronics by replacing your surge protector when these simple rules say it's time.

In Workbench, John Bisset shares a $1 probe clip hack plus essential generator maintenance tips to keep your station online.

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A reader describes how his love for 80s arcade coin-ops led to him becoming a collector and getting ever more deeply involved ...

In the last System Check, we asked members of the community about their Internet dependency: Imagine you lose access to the Internet. Could you still design and build electronics with confidence?

System check! Elektor wants to know how you feel about PCB design. What type of PCB do you design most often? Which factors influence your design decisions? System check! Elektor wants to know how you ...