Distributed Prognostics System Implementation on Wireless Embedded Devices

Distributed prognostics is the next step in the evolution of prognostic methodologies. It is an important enabling technology for the emerging Condition Based Management/Prognostics Health Management paradigm. This paper provides an overview of such systems with details of the system architectures and the various possible design considerations. A distributed particle filter architecture for battery health management is developed and successfully implemented using embedded smart sensor devices with wireless communication capabilities.