Don't forget that energy harvesting from the lower pendulum will slow it down and change its behavior. Perhaps some sort of wireless energy transfer can be used instead. /Ruben On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 10:44:23 -0400, Jim Ruxton wrote: > The pendulum hasnt been built yet but I am imagining something like > 1.5 feet long made of 1/16 inch aluminum plate. To get a better idea > of the movement the pendulum with the LED will be the bottom pendulum > on a double pendulum. Here is an example of a simulation (not mine) > https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3DQXf95_EKS6E >=20 > Jim >=20 --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .