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EDN (ISSN 0012-7515) is a magazine published by the Reed Electronics Group, an arm of Reed Business Information, which is a division of Reed Elsevier.

Originally called Electrical Design News, the first issue was published by Rogers Corporation in May of 1956.^[1]

With a circulation of over 134,000 in North America alone^[2], EDN also publishes Asian, Asia/China Network, China, European, and Japanese editions.

The magazine is published 26 times per year. It caters to the working electrical engineer and covers new technologies and electronic component products at an engineering level. Columns discuss traps in managing engineers and engineering projects, technical issues faced in the design of electronic components and developing technologies.

Every other issue features a column called Prying Eyes which disassembles a popular consumer product and investigates the technologies that enable it. The column is insightful at the technical level and critical of questionable design decisions.

The Reality Check column runs in each issue and takes a look back at a recent technology innovaction and the promises it made, comparing the hype to the state of the technology today. The Design Ideas department features several reader-submitted designs that are innovative or novel solutions to constrained design problems.

Once each year, the magazine publishes a Movers and Shakers additional issue which interviews luminaries in the field. It also includes regional market forecasts and front runners in leading product areas.

The editorial offices of the magazine are in Waltham, Massachusetts.

In May of 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.

1. ^ What does EDN Stand For? -- EDN website
2. ^ BPA Statement for EDN North America circulation (PDF file)
3. ^ EDN Honored with Three National Awards from the ASBPE

• EDN Website