pssttt... Elektor secrets # 51: package deals
What outsiders call electronics is just a collective noun for a mass of disciplines and fields of interest, all with their own flock of enthusiasts, specialists, preferred suppliers, favourite media and even ways and standards of communicating. Try to make an ARM programmer mention two common filament voltages used in thermionic tubes and the best you will get is silence from his PC keyboard. It is Elektor’s very own accomplishment to supply publications covering all disciplines of electronics without applying segregation. One way of doing it is to bundle products and services that belong together in terms of field of interest. If that sounds academic to you we hasten to add that price cuts are applied to the bundles so obtained and that they’re package deals you can’t refuse, if only to keep money in your pocket. Examples of Elektor package deals include the ARM Microcontrollers Bundle, which is a book and associated Starter Kit at a special discounted price, and the Audio Collection Bundle giving you access to more than 225 different audio circuits originally published in Elektor Electronics magazine between 1996 and 2008. See the link below for an overview of all Elektor Package Deals on offer. More info
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In the December 2010 editions we published the first article on the new PCB Prototyper, a general-purpose PCB router whose relatively low price compared to similar machines makes it suitable for users outside the normal target group of schools and companies. Visitors to the recent Elektor Live! event had an opportunity to see a prototype of the machine and several PCBs produced by the machine. They were all impressed by the quality of the routed PCBs, and more than few hobbyists are probably already thinking about other ways to use the machine for their own purposes (and how to explain this to their spouse). The PCB Prototyper is more than just a PCB router. As mentioned in the previous article, it is designed to be easily adapted to other tasks. This is reflected in the modular architecture of the mechanical construction and the software. In response to feedback received from specialists in the field, the enclosure has been modified to be somewhat larger than originally planned. The new outside dimensions are now 455 
The December 2010 edition of Elektor is on sale from UK newsstands and bookshops from Thursday November 18, 2010. It’s a special edition indeed with a 32-page Supplement on Microcontrollers stapled into the centre. The supplement covers 11 fast lane projects for PICs, AVR, ARMs, Arduino, Sceptre and other microcontrollers, as well as interfaces, software and programming tools. In good 
