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2019-09-07 at 15:18
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Martyn
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Once the Arduino is powered the gate on the mosfet should follow the Arduino pin and the pull down resistor is not required. However, while the Arduino is starting, or it is being reset, Arduino pins default to inputs until the sketch starts and the mosfet gate will be floating.