help with the inductor!

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Marino5
 
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help with the inductor!

Post by Marino5 »

hi!
i'm from italy and i have a problem: i cannot find a power inductor 22uH 1A.. i have some old power supplyes but i don't know how many spires take from the inductors!!
is there a method to not use the power inductor on the circuit?

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Post by adafruit »

no, the inductor is ESSENTIAL for the mintyboost to work :!:

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Post by Sidster »

Definitely essential. you can look up the application notes for MAX756 and it explains what the inductor is for.

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