I guess my Poll: Do You Know The Scientists Who Developed Classical Electromagnetic Theory? and the newly launched Inductors Quiz probably were hints that something else was coming up for the community on the topic of inductors. Right you were!
Experimenting with Inductors
In several weeks, we will be launching a design challenge called, "Experimenting with Inductors." It will be similar to the contest we ran on polymer capacitors. The challengers will be sent a kit of inductors and ask to write two blogs: the first blog will describe what inductor experiments they want to conduct; the second and final blog will show the results of their experiments. The best blog will be the winner. We have a great prize lined up for the winner.
We will provide 10 people an inductors kit. The inductors will come from the KEMET MPX Series. These inductors are metal composite inductors used in DC to DC switching power supplies, as power inductors as well as EMI filter inductors. The metal composite core has high saturation characteristics maintaining function in rush current mode and characterized by temperature stable inductance. Click here to learn moreClick here to learn more
Here's the kit we plan on putting together for the experimenters:
So, what will your inductor experiments be about?
An experiment is just that: you want to test some characteristic of the component. To compete in this competition, you don't have to build or design a wholly new circuit. (You can if you want,.) You just have to experiment with it and write about it. To generate some ideas of what previous comonent experimenters did, go here: Grand Prize Winner's Announcement: Experimenting with Polymer Capacitors
