Open Hardware and More
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Alin Panaitiu ☛ Making my own sharpening blocks
I cut a piece of 18mm thick beech wood into the shape and size of a diamond plate, then stuck a 600 grit plate on one side, and the leather on the other side.
This not only got the stone and strop higher up from the table which helped a lot with sharpening long knives, but also put them in the same package which I could carry with me.
I called this a sharpening block in my mind.
To keep the block from slipping while I moved the blade over it, I cut a piece from a non-slip silicone baking mat. Even the small pressure of the blade makes the silicone adhere well to both the block and whatever surface it’s sitting on.
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Linux Gizmos ☛ Minix Z300 0DB Fanless Mini PC with 2.5GbE LAN and Dual 4K Display Support
The Minix Z300-0dB delivers efficient, quiet performance with a fanless passive cooling design that eliminates the need for traditional fans. Powered by the Intel Alder Lake-N N300 octa-core processor, it features Kimtigo premium RAM and a PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD for fast read and write speeds, enhancing productivity and response times.
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Linux Gizmos ☛ Challenger+ RP2350 WiFi6/BLE5 IPEX3 with CircuitPython Compatibility
The Challenger+ RP2350 Wi-Fi6/BLE5 IPEX3 development board showcases the dual-core Cortex-M33/RISCV RP2350 microcontroller from Raspberry Pi. With 8MB of Flash and RAM, it’s optimized for developers creating embedded solutions that demand high-performance memory and wireless capabilities.