Re:Show HN: GreenPiThumb – A Raspberry Pi Gardening Bot
by motardo on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:05AM
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When MOSFETs get hot, that usually means the gate voltage is too low. It looks like your driving the MOSFET gate through a resistor voltage divider. It would be better to drive the gate straight from the PI's GPIO pin. Also a flyback protection diode would be a very good idea.
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