How to Use N-channel MOSFETs as Switches | A Beginner's Guide

🔗 *The full guide* : _https://core-electronics.com.au/guides/mosfets-for-makers-getting-started-with-high-power-control/_

In this guide, we will show you how to wire-up *MOSFET* transistors as a digitally controllable *switch* , which will enable you to control *higher-powered* components like solenoids, motors, and Peltiers with a *microcontroller* .

🔧🔨🧰 Hardware featured in this guide:

*N-Channel MOSFET (P30N06LE):*
_https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/COM-10213_
*LED and Resistor Pack:*
_https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/CE08576_
*Raspberry Pi Pico:*
_https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/CE07589_
*MOSFETS:*
_https://core-electronics.com.au/components/mosfets.html_

💡❓ If you have any questions about this content or want to share a project you're working on head over to our *maker forum:* _http://coreelec.io/forum_

0:00 Intro
0:53 Wiring up a MOSFET as a Switch
3:17 Breadboard and LED Example
5:26 Car Headlight Example
7:45 Controllable Loads Examples
8:08 PWM Example

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