Why am I destroying my MOSFETs?

I'm afraid the IR2301 requires a minimum logic supply of 5V. And if you were able to supply the 5V to the IR2301 the input high minimum could be as low as 2.9V.

If you could find a way to supply 5V, you might try this device Mosfet Driver

BTW Sorry my last post was redundant :frowning: I didn't see Wawa's 3.3v statement.