At 12:38 PM 07/01/2014, you wrote:


Given the part that Sergey recommended (
http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FQ/FQP13N06L.pdf ) I believe I'm well
within the limits based on a load of under 1A. I might be well under
1A though. At 5Vgs the datasheet is quoting an Rds(on) of 0.11R, but
that's with an Id of 6.8A.

That should be fine.

>The part referenced above has a max Vds of 60V. If I end up switching
>5V, it'll be rated for 12 times what it's actually switching. Too far?

Nah, not if you're going for beefy and have space. If you have a lot
of inductance going to the LEDs and switch too quickly, you might even
need it.

This would be the sort of (dual) MOSFET where you would need to=20
sharpen your pencil a bit:
http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FD/FDC6401N.pdf

--sp

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