I need to drive a solenoid with a mosfet as a switch using the output voltage from a pin on the msp430. i have tried different mosfets but still no luck. My solenoid has a load current of 2.3A when hooked to a 12VDC.I know the voltage frm the msp430 has to exceed the threshold voltage of the mosfet. Please advice me on the best Mosfet to use or a different transistor or switch mechanism.
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