Using this suggestion from electronics stackexchange: https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/67775/driving-led-strip-from-microcontroller MOSFET datasheet: https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/irlml2502.pdf?fileId=5546d462533600a401535667f44d2602 MCU Power supply datasheet: https://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Components/LD1117V33.pdf Possible alternative MOSFET: https://assets.nexperia.com/documents/data-sheet/PMV20XNE.pdf