EDN (magazine)
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| Type | business magazine |
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| Format | Print and Digital Magazine |
| Owner | UBM |
| Editor | Patrick Mannion |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Circulation | 101,717 |
| ISSN | 0012-7515 |
| Official website | edn.com |
EDN (ISSN 0012-7515) is an electronics magazine published by UBM Electronics, a division of United Business Media. The current editor-in-chief is Patrick Mannion with the editorial offices of the magazine in San Francisco, California and Manhasset, New York, USA. The magazine is published 24 times per year.
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[edit] History
Originally called Electrical Design News, the first issue was published by Rogers Corporation in May 1956.[1] Former owner Reed Business Information sold the magazine to Canon Communications in February 2010, in October 2010 Cannon Communications was acquired by United Business Media.
[edit] International circulation
With a circulation of over 125,010 in North America alone,[2] EDN is also published in Asia, China, Europe, and Japan through partner publishers who license content from UBM Electronics.
[edit] Content
The magazine caters to the working electrical engineer and covers new technologies and electronic component products at an engineering level. Columns managing engineers and engineering projects, technical issues faced in the design of electronic components and developing technologies.
[edit] Reality Check" column
The "Reality Check" column runs in each issue and takes a look back at a recent technology innovation and the promises it made, comparing the hype to the state of the technology today.
[edit] Design ideas
The "Design Ideas" department features several reader-submitted designs that are innovative or novel solutions to constrained design problems. Every other issue features a column called "Prying Eyes" which disassembles a popular consumer product and investigates the technologies that enable it.
[edit] Awards
In May 2006, EDN won three awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors.[3] The Best Regular Department of the Year award went to "Prying Eyes".
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[edit] External links
- EDN Website
- EDN Asia http://www.ednasia.com/
- EDN China http://www.ednchina.com/
- EDN India http://www.ednindia.com/
- EDN Japan http://ednjapan.cancom-j.com/
- EDN Taiwan http://www.edntaiwan.com/
