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EagleOnePro
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Hi, I need help with my electro magnet pulse with modulation PWM. I have a Velleman® IR Light Barrier Kit from Radio Shack and this kit is ment to turn on and off a 9V buzzer. But instead of soldering in the buzzer I tried to hook it up to a MOSFET transistor NTE2984 so that I could use it with my 12V 3.6A battery to turn on/off my electro magnet. When I get it all hooked up it burns out my transistor every time. And the reason why I can't just use a solenoid is because I need this to PWM for a few thousand times an hour and no 9V solenoid that I know of can hold up to that much use. Do you think that I am inductively spiking my MOSFET? Should I use a flyback diode? Is my transistor choice good enough? How would you use a 12V 3.6A battery to get signals from a passive IR switch like my 9V IR Light Barrier Kit? Is there something that I can do with an Arduino Uno. Basically If you have any idea I would be very happy to know how you think I should approach this PWM problem.