Wearable battery system for powering a tool

A method, comprising:

• polling, by a system controller, for a connection between a wearable battery system and a tool;
• receiving, over the connection, a device identifier of the tool;
• accessing a plurality of stored device identifiers, each stored device identifier of the plurality of stored device identifiers being associated with a voltage level and a current level;
• determining whether the device identifier corresponds to a stored device identifier of the plurality of stored device identifiers;
• in response to determining that the device identifier does not correspond to the stored device identifier of the plurality of stored device identifiers, refraining from supplying power from one or more batteries to the tool;
• and
• in response to determining that the device identifier corresponds to the stored device identifier of the plurality of stored device identifiers,
• retrieving the voltage level and the current level associated with the stored device identifier;
• setting an output voltage of the wearable battery system to the voltage level associated with the stored device identifier and an output current of the wearable battery system to the current level associated with the stored device identifier;
• and
• causing power to be supplied from the one or more batteries to the tool in accordance with the output voltage and the output current.

A system, comprising:

• a tool;
• and
• a wearable battery system including:
• a battery connector operable to make electrical contact with one or more batteries;
• a tool connector operable to make electrical contact with the tool;
• and
• a system controller configured to:
• poll for a connection between the wearable battery system and the tool;
• receive, over the connection, a device identifier of the tool;
• access a plurality of stored device identifiers, each stored device identifier of the plurality of stored device identifiers being associated with a voltage level and a current level;
• determine whether the device identifier corresponds to a stored device identifier of the plurality of stored device identifiers;
• in response to determining that the device identifier does not correspond to the stored device identifier of the plurality of stored device identifiers, refrain from supplying power from the one or more batteries to the tool;
• and
• in response to determining that the device identifier corresponds to the stored device identifier of the plurality of stored device identifiers,
• retrieve the voltage level and the current level associated with the stored device identifier;
• set an output voltage of the wearable battery system to the voltage level associated with the stored device identifier and an output current of the wearable battery system to the current level associated with the stored device identifier;
• and
• cause power to be supplied from the one or more batteries to the tool in accordance with the output voltage and the output current.