The project descibes to use a FT37-43 toroid. This toroid is manufactured by Amidon. I’m using a similar toroid made by FairRite that has similar specs. I’ve choosen this toroid over the FT37-43 as I could easily buy it at Mouser.com which is not the case for the Amidon toroids. The partnumber of this toroid at Mouser.com is 623-5943000201.

For the wire I’m using 0.4mm enameled copper winding wire. We need about 50 cm of it.

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First take about 10 cm of the 0.4 mm enameled copper wire and make a 90° bend. Then take 4 cm and bend in half, twist it together so you end up with 2 cm of twisted wire.

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Since the toroid is rather small, I prefer to use some string, to clamp it in a small vise. That way I keep both hands free to wind the wire. Hold the twisted piece of wire against the toroid and pass the short end of the wire through the toroid 5 times. With the long end on the other side, do the same thing, but go through the toroid 20 times.

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When you finish winding you should end up with something like the picture below.

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And so your second toroid for this project is done too!

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