N-Channel MOSFET 60V 30A (COM-10213)

[Core]

This is a placeholder topic for “N-Channel MOSFET 60V 30A” comments.

If you’ve ever wondered how to control the headlight of a car from a microcontroller, a MOSFET is what you need. This is a very common MOSFET with very low on-resistance and a control voltage (aka gate voltage) that is compatible with any 3-5V microcontroller or mechanical switch. This allows you to control high-power devices with very low-power control mechanisms.

Read more

[Kai89623]

Just a note that this part is kind of marginal for 3.3V outputs. They typically have a guaranteed VOH(min) of around 2.4V. That’s not enough to drive the MOSFET deep into enhancement. For low current loads it might be enough. For anything more substantial its luck of the draw on exactly where the RDS(on) will land.

[Graham]

Hi Kai,

Good point, it’ll perform quite well @3.3V, dirving 10+ amps fairly easily. A 5V signal will take it into the 50+ Amps zone. There are a couple of charts in the datasheet that help show what’s going on. The main limiting factor with high power is heat. 3.3V + high-frequency + high-power could get quite hot and sometimes a heatsink might be needed.

[James46717]

Used this recently on a +5V up to 500mA circuit and it performed excellently. Have not used it with 3.3V.