<div dir='auto'><div dir="auto">What about a small SSR, such as Toshiba TLP3122.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Input is an LED that needs 5 - 10 mA with 1.2 V forward voltage.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Opto-isolated output is back-to-back MOSFETs that can pass current in either direction. This one has 1A maximum current, 0.7 ohms on resistance, 60 V off voltage, 100 nA off current.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You don't need the 1500 V isolation in your application, but it does mean that the device can switch high side or low side.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">SOP4 package, not very small, but easy to hand solder.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Around $5, more expensive than a MOSFET, but dead simple to use.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Stephen</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div><br><div class="elided-text">On 24/05/2021 10:58, andrew dean <nzandydean@gmail.com> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Short version: What transistor/mosfet / resistor would you use to switch 9-13v 100-300ma from an arduino?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Long version:<br>
I’ve had great success with a “prop hub/master controller” I designed, but keep running into a mental wall trying to make the next generation.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In a nutshell, its a breakout for an arduino with a dozen rj45 jacks to power and control remote props. I have been trying to put a transistor inline with the 12v output to each remote prop so I kill power to each remotely.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have the free pins on the arduino and I know basically how I’d use the transistor/mosfet to switch, but I’m lost as to exactly what transistor/mosfet to use.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The switched voltage would be between 9 and 13v, and I reckon the maximum draw from any device would be maybe 300ma? </p>
<p dir="ltr">Does anybody have a favorite transistor for this application (where the gate is 5v and the throughput is 12v, and the 5v from an arduino would saturate the gate)? I was thinking maybe the transistor would be “closed” when the arduino went high, and switch off when low… but it could easily be the other way around if that’s a simpler circuit.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Any wisdom appreciate!</p>
<p dir="ltr">-andrew (no, not that one. No, not that one either. The hairy one. No… facial hair. yeah, him)<br><br><br></p>
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