Arduino leornado to Mosfet (IRF520N) for switching a 12V Blumlein Generator

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Hi,
I'm currently trying to send a 5V pulse from my leonardo to the gate of an IRF20N. The MOSFET is to be used to switch on a low voltage blumlein generator that creates a pulse with 12V amplitude and duration 200ns. Any suggestions on if this could work and important things that need to be taken into consideration?

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If you are using 5V logic to switch a MOSFET you have to select a logic-level MOSFET,
not one that needs 10V gate voltage.

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Thank you Mark. Any suggestions of a suitable logic-level mosfet

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Do you not have a supplier with a searchable website? At the very least
sparkfun have some fairly generic logic-level MOSFETs.