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P-Channel MOSFET as a Switch. Turn ON a 12V Motor with Arduino. (Step-By-Step Guide)

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A step-by-step guide people recommend and follow for using a P-channel MOSFET to switch a 12V motor from an Arduino.

Watch for: Inductive relay loads may need their own flyback protection

In their words

Following this tutorial, I ended up with this working circuit:
biasedbit on electronics.stackexchange.com, Aug 2021. CC BY-SA.

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