Phew, what a week! Since last time, our team worked diligently on potential ideas for the heart of the ROCC-in-a-box project. So many ideas were thrown around when it came to the most basic of details. Every team member contributed a slice of from their own interdisciplinary backgrounds to create a slew of possibilities to explore. Armed with new research, we met with both the coach and liaison engineers to present an entire page of questions! Working with the enthusiastic engineers from NextEra Energy, we left with an entirely new knowledgebase to work with.

Due to the ongoing chip shortage from the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been forced to make some component selection decisions earlier than we would like. We have begun the ordering process for microcontroller evaluation boards so that we can evaluate a number of chips, with future availability a key consideration.

As the team approaches the First Month Report deadline, we have committed to working overtime on our literature review and concept generations to create a glance at where our heads are.