/challenges-projects/design-challenges/experimenting-with-magnetic-components/b/blog/posts/experimenting-with-magnetic-components---calculate-your-own-inductorA little bonus blog for the Experimenting with Magnetic Components contest: check calculations. I want to make a toroidal inductor, with this NiZn ferrite core: Laird 28B0375-400 ferrite cylindrical core, 81 ohm, 4.83 mm length, 5.08 mm inn...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/experimenting-with-magnetic-components/b/blog/posts/experimenting-with-magnetic-components---calculate-your-own-inductorFri, 05 Nov 2021 17:15:29 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1f840da5-564b-4e32-9e95-7251f890d177Jan Cumps0<p>I got the &quot;chopstick technique&quot; to wind toroid inductors from w2aew:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span id="a018d581_7252_4ee0_a083_ae6e1005d55f"><span>[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDIWNHOoNh8:740:466]</span></span></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=22226&AppID=339&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/experimenting-with-magnetic-components/b/blog/posts/experimenting-with-magnetic-components---calculate-your-own-inductorFri, 05 Nov 2021 16:28:34 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1f840da5-564b-4e32-9e95-7251f890d177javagoza3<p>Really cool, Jan. Thanks.</p><p>Do you know if there is any way to determine what type of ferrite you are using?</p><p>I have a lot of ferrite cores salvaged from devices I pick up on the street, I can&#39;t resist <span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-1f840da5-564b-4e32-9e95-7251f890d177/contentimage_5F00_938.png:16:16]</span> </p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=22226&AppID=339&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">