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Thanks for your response rude man I picked a pm for the suspended mass because I thought it might allow larger air gap but I've got the option of changing to a ferrous mass if I have to. I guess I'm looking at the extra non-linearity as a learning opportunity rather than a PITA at the moment...

Hi all. I am shortly to begin work on my engineering FYP in automatic control and I'm hoping for some advice to point me in the right direction. The project will initially be an electromagnetic suspension rig (cylindrical winding with soft core suspending a permanent magnet below it via...