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Open MicroManipulator 3D motion control platform
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Open MicroManipulator 3D motion control platform

The gist

GitHub user 0x23's open-source MicroManipulator reaches 50 nm steps, though absolute accuracy is worse.
The low-cost build targets optical alignment and probing; one PCB version shorts.

How it unfolded

  1. date unknownThe GitHub repository 0x23/MicroManipulatorStepper hosts the project, with 240 commits, 1.9k stars, 93 watching and 272 forks.
  2. Oct 18, 2026A Hacker News submission titled 'Open MicroManipulator – A sub-micrometer 3D motion control plattform' is posted by user _Microft, with 2 points.
  3. Oct 18, 2026A LavX News article by Elena Varga describes the open-source release, hardware version 4.0, PCB version 1.2/1.3 and firmware 1.0.4.

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