This week the team finished up their design for the final project poster board! Additionally, a final draft of a video summary of the project was also completed. The team looks forward to the Final Design Report Event as they… Read More

Last Thursday and Friday, months of meetings, designs, burnt pcbs, and lines of code paid off as we officially tested our prototype on-site at NextEra. This week, we have begun building up documentation on the mechanical, electrical, and software aspects… Read More

This week the team continued to make progress on both the software and mechanical side of the project. With the CAD model now finally finished, the prototype enclosure can finally be 3D printed. Additionally, the testing and verification plans continued… Read More

This week at ROCCstart we had our second Qualification Review Board. In this round of review, as we expected, the primary feedback revolved around the hangups with the software side and better development of our physical testing plans. As we… Read More

This week, the team continued to assemble, test, and troubleshoot the main boards and sub-modules. On Monday, we got straight into working on the main board that was started last week. After removing the faulty pieces, the board seemed to… Read More

Today was day one of hands-on PCB population training with Tom Rice-Bladykas. Gathering together in the Herbie lab, we commandeered the electronics bench and got to working. After checking and sorting the 97+ components on an adjacent 33 square foot… Read More

Team ROCCstart came back from winter break and started Spring 2023 off with a bang. The team put together a very detailed project Gantt chart that accounts for risks, put in all our purchase orders, and began work on the… Read More