Control RGB Led Strip using Mosfet

Problem:
You are interested in controlling a led RGB strip with a raspberry but it's not clear how to setup Mosfet because there are people that use 1 resistor, 2 resistors, others without resistors, the scheme is quite different, etc... 


Solution:
If you would like to use Mosfet as a switch to control a RGB led strip,it is recommended to use resistors in the gate port, one to the source and other to pump.
I use and old P30N06LE and it works well, as I can see everyone is using the IRLZ34N, it's important to read the mosfet datasheet Gate to Source Voltage value in the mosfet to ensure the volts needed to activation.

Circuit diagram with 2 resistors

Connection map with 1 resistor in Mosfet gate

Sources:

With 1 resistor:
http://www.knight-of-pi.org/color-mixer-control-a-rgb-led-strip-with-the-raspberry-pi-and-the-n-channel-mosfet-irlb8721/ 

Note:
Take in consideration that using a led strip, it's required to power them with a 12v power supply, if you put any wire in the wrong position,  your raspberry pi will die like mine :-) 


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