At 03:04 PM 2/26/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > Here's the story ... I contacted a company about building me > > a custom inductor for a dc-dc converter. I gave them the > > freq, primary inductance and resistance, and secondary ratios > > with resistances. I got 2 pieces in the mail, but with no > > spec/data sheet. > >Then contact them again and insist on spec sheet. At the very least they >owe you the pinout. If they are a typical Asian company there should be a form with test results for the numbered samples included. Including such things as DCR, inductance and so on. No specs, just measurements. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads