[Myrddin]

I've successfully run 5 - 8 watt PC104 CPU boards on my railcars. It takes very aggressive power management to keep the lead acid storage battery charged from intermittent input from the Timken bearing generator (20 watts max at 15 MPH). I use a PIC microcontroller to manage the charging cycle so the x86 is only alive when necessary.

[familyop]

"I've successfully run 5 - 8 watt PC104 CPU boards on my railcars. It takes very aggressive power management to keep the lead acid storage battery charged from intermittent input from the Timken bearing generator (20 watts max at 15 MPH). I use a PIC microcontroller to manage the charging cycle so the x86 is only alive when necessary."

That's one strange mix of old and new technologies! :-) Are those tiny railcars or heavy ones? ...golf cart type lead acid batteries?