A BicyclePowered Athena Workstation

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A Bicycle-Powered Athena Workstation
A class project for 1.102 CEE Design Lab II
Retrofit an exercise bike
Use the generator to power a laptop

• Quick Facts
• Bicyclist produces average 75W _at_ continuous 63rpm
  
• Geared up x8 to flywheel then generator
• Generator charges 12 V battery
• Adapts to laptop with 12V cigarette lighter
  adaptor
• Laptop uses 19.5V average of 30 Watt consumption

Run a generator