NE555: The MOSFET Driver That Time Forgot (Until Now!)

Please check out my new channel,    / @thedesigngraveyard   with new videos about electronics and micro-controllers every 2 weeks! To effectively drive Power MOSFET’s you need about 12 Volt and enough current to charge the gate fast. Surprisingly, a NE555 timer makes a good MOSFET driver converting standard logic levels of 1.8 to 5 V to a gate drive signal of 12V at 200mA, which is enough for many applications! In this video I will explain how the circuit works, then I will build it and test the circuit to its limit to show its advantages and disadvantages. Arduino PWM code: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=do... Information about the NE555: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_tim...