Don
Lancaster's
Hardware
Hacker Library
Hardware Hacker was a monthly set of Don's columns which used
to appear in RADIO ELECTRONICS and ELECTRONICS NOW.
These preceded the current TECH MUSINGS
series. Coverage
included electronic and computer fundamentals presented in Don's
unique and lucid technical style.
Long ago, the term hacking meant "pushing the limits of technical
excellence." Preferably by using elegant simplicity to leave all the
supposed experts shaking their heads in stunned disbelief.
Sadly, those media epsilon minuses
and several law enforcement
officials stupidly trashed and subverted a once proud name. Since
I got tired of calls from felon wannabees and all those men in black
camped on my doorstop, I changed the column name in 1995.
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Electronics Now is at 500
Bi-County Boulevard , Farmingdale, NY
11735. (516) 293-3000. Subscription rate is $20 per year.
Most library files require an Adobe
Acrobat 3.0 plug in for online
viewing. Offline, these may be accessed by an
Acrobat reader, or
with use of any program (GhostScript, Transverter, Illustrator... )
that can accept .PDF 3.0 files as inputs.
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Hardware
Hacker #87 HACK87.PDF
(April 1995 ) AC motor drive fundamentals. New Basic Stamps from Parallax. PIC Microcomputer resources. Additional details on forced zero magic sinewaves. Dealing with "too good to be true" results. |
Click here for PIC books info.
Click here for magic sinewave
tutorials.
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Hardware
Hacker #86 HACK86.PDF
(March 1995 ) The DNA computer language. Some wavelet book resources. Magic digital sinewave codes. Engineering economics review. Hot new fringe FM RBDS tuner. |
Click here for updated wavelet
books info.
Click here for book-on-demand
publishing info.
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Hardware
Hacker #83 HACK83.PDF
(December 1994 ) Halogen cycle mysteries, Science versus pseudoscience, some new books, Vector-to-step conversion, PostScript use, prog interconnects, Weather satellite resources, EITD phone directory, more... |
Click here for updated PostScript
books info.
Click here for pseudoscience
website access.
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Hardware
Hacker #82 HACK82.PDF
(November 1994 ) Cyborg cosimano helmets, long range remote control, unique direct toner decals, Powerful new PIC software, "virtual ways"CAM machine, pseudoscience resources, FCC periodic regs, more... |
Click here for Hexapod
"virtual ways" links.
Click here for web research
access tools.
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Hardware Hacker #77 HACK77.PDF
(June 1994 ) Thermodynamic Second Law violations. Soliton waves, references, and resources. Superb CD ROM directory. Santa Claus machines review and update. Some hacker opportunities. |
Click here for Santa
Claus machine tutorials.
Click here for instant research
solutions.
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Hardware
Hacker #68 HACK68.PDF
(September 1993 ) Heart rate pulse monitor interface. New wireless communications magazine. An update on free energy. Aerobic excercise software thermoelectric module guidelines. Heathkit history. |
Click here hydrogen
resource info.
Click for consultant's
network referrals.
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Hardware
Hacker #68 HACK68.PSL
(September 1993 ) The sourcecode and template usd to generate HACK68.PDF. Text file written in raw Guru Gonzo PostScript. Includes examples of pulse monitor software using PostScript-as-language. |
Click here test
equipment bargains.
Click here for instant research solutions.
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Hardware
Hacker #66 HACK66.PDF
(July 1993 ) A flying car newsletter. Photopolymer resources. Amateur television books. Royalty free real PostScript. The Basic Stamp from Parallax. Thoughts on a printed circuit drill. Two contests. |
Click here Basic
Stamp books info.
Click here for printed
circuit lab bargains.
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Hardware
Hacker #65 HACK65.PDF
(June 1993 ) Short haul telemetry and comm links. Max-Min slope theory. SETI books and resources. Unique new optical link. Understanding the Maximum Power Transfer Theorm. Gerber file formats. |
Click here for wind
energy books info.
Click here to start your
own tech venture.
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Hardware
Hacker #64 HACK64.PDF
(May 1993 ) Steam calliope sources. Micropower oscillators. Avoiding energy scams. Thermodynamic basics. Communications trade journals. Understanding process reversibility. |
Click here for more thermodynamic tutorials.
Click here for robotic
books info.
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Hardware
Hacker #63 HACK63.PDF
(April 1993 ) Video game repair videos. Piezoelectric fundamentals. On not coming unglued. Understanding Curie Points. Simple home EDM machining. Stunning new integrated circuit opportunities. |
Click here for recently
reviewed books.
Click here for medical
website access.
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Hardware
Hacker #62 HACK62.PDF
(April 1993 ) Using cubic splines. Switchmode resources. Electrorheological fluids. National's simple switcher. Colorized avuncular sleezoids. Curvetracing contest. Non-ionizing radiation safety. |
Click here for more cubic
spline tutorials.
Click here for webmastering
book info.
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Hardware
Hacker #61 HACK61.PDF
(March 1993 ) Epoxy encapsulation myths. Nichrome and resistance wire. Semiconductor suppliers part III. FCC Part 68 telephone interface. copy protection absurdities. Scrambling and satellite news. |
Click here for Don
Lancaster books info.
Click here for home page
creation book info.
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Hardware Hacker #60 HACK60.PDF
(February 1993 ) Relaxation oscillators. Newtek video toaster. Broadcast trade journals EDM Electric discharge machining. Synchronizing video sources. EDM magazines and resources. |
Click for Captain
Video secret mountain laboratory
access.
Click for surplus test
equipment bargains.
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Hardware
Hacker #59 HACK59.PDF
(January 1993 ) High side FET drivers. Drawing semilog plots. Laser printer repair kits. Fundamentals of resonance. Far East computing resources. Semiconductor manufacturer resources. |
Click here for PostScript tutorials.
Click here for PostScript books
info.
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Hardware Hacker #43 HACK43.PDF
(August 1991 ) Electric power research info. Focused X-ray breakthrough. C-60 and the new Buckyballs. Getting telephone information. Caller ID number delivery secrets and circuits. |
Click here for telephone
electronics
bargains.
Click here for a Synergetics catalog.
Archives:
Archive files hold previous Hardware Hacker columns that have not
yet been colorized, linked, and updated. Please note that these files
are protected by copyright, watermarks, algorithmics and other means
and that our IP rights are aggressively enforced.
Linking is usually welcome. Reposting is expressly forbidden.
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Hardware Hacker Columns #01-24 HACKAR1.PDF
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Later reprints in
this series are found
on the Tech Musings
library shelf.
Hard copy bound volumes of both Hardware Hacker and Tech
Musings are available from Synergetics
Press.
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