<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I would like your thoughts on <b>non-SMT</b> Logic Level MOSFETs that can plug into a protoboard.</div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I have been using:</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">NMOS <a href="http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/IRL2703PBF/IRL2703PBF-ND/811700" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">IRL2703PBF</a><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"> $1.74 for 1 and </div>PMOS <a href="http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?vendor=0&keywords=IRLIB9343PBF" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">IRLIB9343PBF</a><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"> $1.37 for 1, they are quite similar in performance.</div></div></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">These will fit (with a shove) in a regular protoboard and can carry a lot of current . So they have been sort of a work horse for just boosting a microcontrollers switching capability to drive a motor or other high current device quickly.</div></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">But is seems there should be better devices. The above devices tend to be overkill in current and a 4-DIP or 6-DIP package would be much nicer. But everything I have found had too high a threshold voltage PMOS for logic control. I would like a similar NMOS and PMOS at least for threshold voltage magnitude (around 1-2V) and package type. </div></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> If I could find some around 100mA to 1A it would be ideal I think.</span></div><div><br></div><div><div style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">I found this nice 4-DIP NMOS </div><a href="http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/IRLD120PBF/IRLD120PBF-ND/812490">IRLD120PBF</a><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">, for $.76 and w</div></font><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">e have been using this similar 4-DIP NMOS </div><a href="http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/IRLD014PBF/IRLD014PBF-ND/812481" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">IRLD014PBF</a><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> for $.92 for a few years, I just wish there was a PMOS like them.</div></div><div style><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div></div></div><div style><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">This pair of NMOS and PMOS in a 8-DIP <a href="http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/ALD1115PAL/1014-1044-ND/2414320">ALD1115PAL</a> for $2.02 looks OK but they are too low current (few mA) to be useful.</div></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">Not interested in BJTs for this. Hard to beat a MOSFET for simplicity of drive and you can put them in parallel without resistor degeneration. </div><br></font><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Cheers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div></div></div></div></div></div>
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