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SparkFun MOSFET Power Controller

Name: SparkFun MOSFET Power Controller
Brand: SparkFun
SKU: SF-PRT-11214
Price: 22.15 AUD
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MOSFETs are awesome. They’re like a switch that you flip electronically! This SparkFun MOSFET Power Controller makes it easy to switch a battery supply on an...

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MOSFETs are awesome. They’re like a switch that you flip electronically! This SparkFun MOSFET Power Controller makes it easy to switch a battery supply on and off using your favorite microcontroller. The board also has sewable pads so you can use it in e-textile projects that need more juice.

The MOSFET Power Controller came about because microcontrollers, like the Arduino or LilyPad Arduino, can only supply a limited amount of current. Sometimes, though, you want to control something that takes a lot of current like a fan or a heater (or a really bright LED). Simply connect a battery to the JST connector on the MOSFET Power Controller, connect the thing that needs power to the output, then connect one of the digital outputs of your microcontroller to the input pads. Now whenever you drive that pin on your controller HIGH, the battery will be connected!

The N-Channel MOSFET used in this design is rated for up to 30V and 6.5A although the board is really intended to be used at lower power. If you hook up anything beyond a 3.7V Li-Po battery, proceed at your own risk!

Features:

Control High-Current Loads
JST Connector makes Changing Batteries a Snap
It’s Sewable! (Also has standard 0.1" spaced headers)

Documents:

Schematic
Eagle Files
Datasheet (FDS6630A)
GitHub (Design Files)

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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.

Headers: Rows of connector contacts on a fixed pitch (commonly 2.54 mm) used to link a board to a breadboard, jumper wires, or another board. They come as male pin headers and female socket headers; when a module ships with pre-soldered headers it can be used straight away, whereas bare pads require soldering the pins yourself.
LED: A light-emitting diode (LED) is a small electronic component that emits light when current flows through it in the correct direction. Because it only conducts one way, its polarity matters, and a through-hole LED must be soldered the correct way around to light up.
microcontroller: A microcontroller is a small computer on a single chip that runs a stored program and controls connected inputs and outputs such as buttons, sensors, displays and communication interfaces. In a device built around one, it is the part that executes the code and coordinates the device's behaviour.

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