[sdiy] silly inductor question

[René Schmitz]

Hi Roman, et al.

I'd say its the same coding as with resistors, but the 
values are in uH. Thats also so for the lead mounted 
inductors which have color rings.

Cheers,
 René

>At 11:18 30.01.02 +0100, you wrote:
>Can anyone tell me how SMD inductors/chokes are marked?
>For example I have one with marking 470K and it is 47uH.
>I'm only guessing that 3rd digit is number of zeros, and
>"K" stands for "micro", but it may be totally wrong.
>What about 180J, 4R7?
>I guess it's not so obvious as with resistance.
>
>any help appreciated
>
>Roman

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