On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:48:43 -0000, "Leon Heller"
wrote:


"Paul Burridge" wrote in message
.. .
Hi all,

I've got quite a huge stash of inductors in my parts bin. The colour
codes don't always seem to relate to the values I've been able to
measure, with my multi-function DVM, however, and I can't accurately
measure any inductor about 10uH. Is there a circuit anywhere that
would enable me to get a reasonably accurate idea of the values I've
got down to say 100nH or thereabouts?

If you have a signal generator you can connect them to a suitable capacitor
and measure the resonant frequency.

Hi Leon,

That's what I have been doing, in fact. It's just I'd prefer to have a
more convenient, portable method to get instant read-outs of coil
values...
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