Hey Gang,
Is this a good choice of inductor
to populate in a USB/FTDI circuit such as is used here for FP1?
Am making a multiplexed 12x8 LED display, works great with the MIKROE-483, am replacing that with dicrete components now.
Eagle Symbol I found is 7mm x 3.5mm, of course no actual inductor at digikey is that size. This 5x3mm is closest fit.
Thanks
MicroElectronika FT232RL board.pdf (1.8 MB)
What is an inductor?
If you don't know, perhaps you shouldn't play with electricity ??
I just googled it up and found that they were the copper coil things. I know a bit about them. But I really don't know why they are used.BTW why are they used in FM transmitter bugs? I also found one in a Piezo buzzer. 
In my application, they are used for smoothing out the power.
In other cases, they are used to filter out frequencies you don't want, or to make things oscillate at a frequency you do want.
If you would like more info, please start a new thread. I am trying to get advice on a specific use in this one.
Well it will not do much about smoothing but then in the application it is much more about high frequency suppression. I don't think it is a too important component in that application so I think you should be OK using it here.
Thanks Mike.
For those who come here in the future... Parts: Ferrite Beads | Hackaday
Ferrite beads are absolutely no use at all for anyone playing with an Arduino, the frequencies involved are just way too low for a bead to be effective.
Their main use in industry is not to improve reliability but to reduce emissions down to a point where a piece of equipment will pass a compliance test.