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82.1
Hardware Hacker
limits input voltage peaks to 24 volts. oscillation. The circuit averages to an the receiver to recognize the codes of
The receiver portion is a fancy and optimum sensitivity. additional transmitters. Up to a total
hot superregenerative detector. Made On any superregen detector, it is of four. To do this, you’ll press your
from six transistors and an op-amp quite important to have a properly program button and then activate
chip. The single tuning coil sets the designed rf stage between it and the your transmitter from several feet
center frequency. A six inch vertical input antenna. Otherwise, you’ll end away. Your LED flashes two times
wire serves as the input antenna. transmitting garbage. when it goes into program mode, and
Any amplifier that is on the verge The output of your receiver is a three times when complete. This is
of oscillation can exhibit incredible repeating digital code, matching that pretty much similar to programming
gain, due to positive feedback. One of the activated transmitter. a universal TV/VCR remote.
older type was called a regenerative The digital portion of the circuit Figure three summarizes costs and
detector. But these end up extremely consists of a second 16C54LP PIC availability. Other more specialized
touchy. Too little feedback, and you micro, a small electrically alterable units are available that do have more
get low gain and bad selectivity. Too EEPROM serial memory chip, and a control outputs.
much and you oscillate. 2N2222 relay driver. There are two ways you use this
The old superregenerative detector This microcomputer works in two receiver, known as garage mode and
scheme beats this by purposely going modes. In normal mode, when one of hacker mode. In garage mode, a 24
into and out of oscillation. This gets four proper codes gets received, the volt ac or dc control loop is assumed.
done by a signal known as the quench relay closes for half a second. The From which ten mils of current can
frequency. The quench frequency is red LED also lights. A click-clack can be pirated without activating the main
normally several tens of kiloHertz. It be heard as the relay activates. door relays. The receiver gets put in
"saws" the detector in to and out of In the program mode, you teach parallel with the manual switch.
During the off times, the receiver
steals around ten mils of standby
"HACKER MODE" supply current. The 1000 microfarad
+12 VDC jack capacitor stores enough energy to
negative tip
power your receiver during the brief
gray "on" time when the relay shorts the
1N4148 22
+ "GARAGE MODE" main control line. See figure four.
+ mode +24 AC/DC Not all older garage door openers
1000 µF 2.2K – input AND output
are compatible. Sometimes swapping
+12V black the two leads will work. Other times,
7808 24 VZ 0.1 µF 100 you’ll have to go to hacker mode.
+8V +12V In hacker mode, an external 12 vdc
+ 2N2222 negative tip supply gets plugged into
0.1 µF 10 µF
+5V a standard jack. You may want to
0.1 µF jumper alter the circuit slightly to isolate the
nc nc +12V
7805 8 7 6 5
relay contacts from the power supply.
+5V +5V NC NC GND RL1 Details vary with your application.
+
93C06 Each transmitter comes from the
0.1 µF 10 µF factor permanently preprogrammed
CS CLK D1 D0
8 MHz 1 2 3 4
1N4148 as one, two, or three unique codes out
33K +5V
+5V
" activity " of 16 million. Each receiver can be
LED 2N2222
10K nc nc
taught to recognize any of four codes,
+5v all of which close the relay.
18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10
2N3906
RA1 RA0 X1 X2 +5V RB7 RB6 RB5 RB4 Considering the sophistication and
PIC 16C54 performance of these units, they are
39K RA2 RA3 RTC CLR GND RB0 RB1 RB2 RB3 220 100 surprisingly low in cost.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
3.3 VZ nc nc
Get the #^$*% Phone!
6 inch +5v I had an immediate use for an "E"
+8V
vertical 10K 1K 1K
antenna +5V
remote just as soon as it showed up.
wire 330 MHz My Synergetics operates out of my
superregenerative " lear n "
white data receiver home, helped along by Bee and a few
pushbutton
associates. The building is kinda "L"
" tune " " t est" shaped and usually full of such noise
generators as coolers, printers, rock
music, dehumidifiers, and cat-dog
Fig. 2 – PARTIAL SCHEMATIC for the E-series universal hacker remote philosophical discussions.
control receiver. Note the dual supply options. It can be taught up to four new Getting me to the phone has been a
input codes by pressing "learn". There are 16,772,216 possible codes. real hassle. Because of the rooms and
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November, 1994
walls, no way will any ultrasonic or The safest and surest way to apply The following are available from
infrared remote hack it. exactly the right pressure for the right DesignTech International, 7401
Figure five shows how I modified time is by using Frank’s laminator. Fullerton Road, Springfield VA,
the receiver to drive a piezo speaker. The heat and pressure melts the 22153, (703) 866-2000 (voice),
The receiver gets stashed in my usual toner and bonds it onto your circuit (703) 866-2001 (FAX):
lair, and the phone answerers all get board or front panel or whatever. You #20051-E one code transmitter
to use the remotes. then soak the panel in warm water for $44.95; #30021-E one relay, four
Offhand, I could think up hundreds a minute or so, dissolving the glue code receiver $49.95; #30020-E
of hacker uses for this really great out from under the transfer sheet. factory matched transmitter-receiver
pair $79.95; #20061-E three code
system. Robotics, construction sites, You could also use a Canon color transmitter $49.95.
any long driveways, fire departments, copier for stunning effects.
farms, and security access. But why The cold method is more suited for Fig. 3 – PRICES & AVAILABILITY on
not tell me instead? As part of… traditional decals, such as you might the E-series universal remotes.
need on a model railroad layout.
This Month’s Contest As before, you’ll PostScript laser the actual hot method bond. This is
Just tell me about a new or unusual print your artwork onto a transfer fairly rugged. With the cold method,
use for a fairly secure medium range sheet. This time, you print frontwards a water soluble adhesive does your
wireless remote control. There’ll be a or "right reading". You then apply bonding, and is less durable. Either
dozen or so of my Incredible Secret three light coats of ordinary art store can be protected with suitable clear
Money Machine II books going to the lacquer over your sheet. Next, you epoxy overcoats.
better entries, with one all expense cut out your artwork, while leaving a An HO gauge railroad layout uses
paid tinaja quest (FOB Thatcher, AZ) small margin all around. a scale of 87:1. With a 600 DPI laser
for two going to the best of all. You then soak the decal in water printer, the simplest "five-dot" letters
In addition, development units may and slide it off the transfer sheet and would equal a scale three-quarters of
be awarded to the most interesting or onto wherever you want it. Just like an inch high. Say two inches or so for
most unusual new apps. plain old decals. The careful use of a fancy fonts that need more dots for
Q-tip can get rid of any air bubbles. accuracy. Thus, an incredible amount
Electronic Decals Once dry, you can optionally remove of detail is easily picked up with this
Frank Miller of DynaArt Designs the lacquer film with alcohol. technique. A single 600 DPI line is
has just dramatically expanded his Polyethylene in the toner makes equal to a scale one-seventh inch.
offerings for prototype and hobby
printed circuits. He has got bunches
of innovative wave etchers, shears, In STANDBY mode, around ten mils In ACTIVATE mode, the E-series
laminators, and support products. get slurped out of the existing door receiver shorts out the manual
Many of them optimized for his control. This is enough to power the pushbutton, powering the relay or
improved version of the direct toner receiver, but is far too little current to sequencer. During activate time, the
method. Which lets you cheaply and actually be able to pull in the relay or receiver is powered by an internal
quickly create all your own printed sequencer and open the door. energy storage capacitor.
circuit boards at home.
A free catalog is offered.
I thought I’d zero in on a little
known use for Frank’s products. His
direct toner transfer sheets can also 24V AC or DC relay or
be used to create high quality decals. power source sequencer
In black and white or in full color.
Obvious uses include panel artwork, manual
EXISTING DOOR
dialplates, custom audio aps, antique pushbutton
CONTROL LOOP
restorations, and board callouts.
There are two decal methods you ( this line must be + or ac )
might like to try. One cold and one
hot. Frank’s toner transfer film is the
key to both. The film carrier has a rest of
thin layer of a high temperature water circuit
RL1 +
soluble glue applied to it.
contact
You create a reverse of your art
and then run this paper through your E-Series Universal Remote Receiver
PostScript speaking laser printer. The
transfer film then gets placed against
the panel or circuit board material
you want the final image on. Fig. 4 – WHEN IN "GARAGE MODE", the E-Series receiver uses a two wire
You then apply heat and pressure. hookup that pirates its supply power from the main system.
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