I want to fully drive a 30N06L MOSFET. I have an ESP8266 driving a 10w LED through the MOSFET. The ESP has 3.3v logic levels, and the LED runs at 12v. I am controlling the LED by PWMing the MOSFET gate. My problem is, the 3.3v output level of the esp does not seem to be enough to fully saturate the MOSFET output.
I'm pretty sure that a dedicated MOSFET driver IC is the solution to this, but since I don't have any, and I don't want to wait another few weeks for it to arrive from online, I was wondering if there was some other solution to my problem. (Can I maybe use a BJT to drive the MOSFET at a higher voltage level...?)