Bridging design and implementation for a more practical condition-based maintenance plus (CBM+) solution embedded vehicle diagnostics on the mini-vehicle computer system (VCS)

This paper is a technology update of the newest vehicle diagnostics system, the Smart Wireless Internal Combustion Engine (SWICE) "At Platform" Test System interface, which can be used as a mini-vehicle computer system (Mini-VCS). SWICE consists of hardware devices, software applications, and other interface components and supports the Army\´s product director-test measurement and diagnostic equipment (PD-TMDE) division. The objective of this system is to further enhance Condition-Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) secure diagnostics, data logging, prognostics and sensor integration to support improvement of the U.S. military ground vehicle fleet\´s uptime to enhance operational readiness.