... the same picture?
the diode goes in paralell with the inductor, right? the idea is you want to give the inductor a path to discharge across when the dc-dc switches it off, otherwise it blasts it with high voltage.
inductors are weird... they dont like to be turned off.
here, i happened across this. scroll down to "Protection diodes for relays". everyone who is making a nintendo 64 with an inductor should read this.
http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/components/diode.htm
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