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Re: Driver station power

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Originally Posted by daniel_dsouza View Post
you could also use a computer that has the same power requirements as the classmate.

Our Lenovo x61 laptop-tablet computer has a power adapter that uses the same connection just before the power brick.
If you want to get very fancy, you could get some sort of x86 dev board, install windows on it and run the computer off 5 volts, from an UBEC! That can also be a feasible solution!