Electronic Design (magazine)

Electronic Design magazine, founded in 1952, is an electronics and electrical engineering trade magazine and website.

History
Hayden Publishing Company began publishing the bi-weekly magazine Electronic Design in December 1952, and was later published by InformaUSA, Inc.

In 1986, Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen, purchased Hayden Publishing Inc.

In June 1988, Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen, purchased Electronic Design from McGraw-Hill. In July 1989, Penton Media, purchased Electronic Design, then in Hasbrouck, N.J., from Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen.

In July 2007, Penton Media's OEM electronics publication, EE Product News, merged with Penton Media's "Electronic Design" magazine. EE Product News was founded in 1941, as a monthly publication.

In September 2016, Informa, purchased Penton Media, including Electronic Design.

In November 2019, Endeavor Business Media purchased Electronic Design from Informa.

Content
Sections include Technology Reports (products), Engineering Essentials (new standards), Engineering Features (events), and Embedded in Electronic Design (embedded hardware and software). Design Solutions are contributed by field engineers and Ideas For Design are submitted by readers. Electronic Design also covers components. Techview presents news and products in the categories of Analog & Power, Digital, Electronic design automation, Communications, Test, and Wireless. The magazine covers emerging technologies and large-scale trends.

Six "big" issues are published per year. The Technology Forecast issue is published in January. In June, the Megatrends issue describes industry trends. The "Best" issue reviews the year's "best" designs, events and products. "Your Issue" covers topics from the annual reader survey results. "One Powerful Issue" covers Power and "Wireless Everywhere" covers Wireless.

Editorial staff include: William Wong, Senior Content Director; James Morra, Senior Editor; Andy Turudic, Technology Editor; Cabe Atwell, Technology Editor; Alix Paultre, Editor-at-Large; and David Maliniak, Senior Editor.

Notable contributor
Bob Pease was an electronics engineer and author employed by National Semiconductor Corporation who wrote a monthly column, Pease Porridge, about analog electronics, and answered letters.
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20210626123444/https://designengineering.endeavorb2b.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bob-pease-volume-1.pdf
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20210626123455/https://designengineering.endeavorb2b.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bob-pease-2.pdf
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20210626123444/https://designengineering.endeavorb2b.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bob-pease-volume-1.pdf
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20210626123455/https://designengineering.endeavorb2b.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bob-pease-2.pdf

Distribution
The publication is free, in print and PDF, for qualified engineers and North American industry managers. It is also available online.