This week our team was focused on defining sub-functions for our product. As a little reminder, we are creating a device that will measure the pressure of an elite athlete’s grip on a baseball bat as they hit the baseball. The primary function of the device is to retrieve the pressure data so that the coaches and players will be able to gage how much pressure to use when holding the bat.

Although this task may seem simple, there are multiple pieces that have to come together for this device to function as needed. Some questions that arose were:

1. What will we use for a power supply?
2. Where will we attach this power supply?
3. What kind of storage device can we use to capture and store data?

From these questions came some subfunctions, such as: charging the device, sending data, and retrieving data. These sub-functions are stepping stones to creating a polished final product.