Part of the reason Mooshimeter failed in the hobbyist community

[doctorwhen1955]

The Mooshimeter device itself is pretty nice. Well made, well thought out. I bought two of them 5 or so years ago and have used them for about 10 minutes each. Who the &^%$ wants a meter tied to a phone? Stupid idea.

I was hoping that it could be used with a PC to collect and store data. I don't want to use my phone for every fricking thing. Bad enough to have to use it for banking, texts, phone calls and things for which it was intended.

James made this indecipherable Python port which is usable if you also got the tools/library for the BLe-112. The code and the interface is usable for data scientists but not casual hobbyist users that don't want to spend years becoming Pythonic.
A simple ble to serial interface would have been great... like I use to send data back and forth with a couple HC-05's. I gave up trying to understand this whole over-achiever-developed python code. So now my Mooshimeters sit in a drawer and I use some cheap ble meters from Home Depot that are easy to talk to from a PC.

[hgshoemaker]

I've lost track of how old mine is; it's a clear case. I used to have an automotive diagnostic business, and when it came to diagnosing current draw in the shop, it was my go-to tool. I could hook it up to the vehicle and return to the office to do other things while I monitored the mA on the phone. On-road testing was also an excellent tool; I could log the drive and then analyze the results upon returning to the shop.

The latest application I am using it for is to capture battery run-time testing for specification sheets supplied to customers. This test is fully automated, simulating button presses and real-time corrections for GPS, all driven by a Python script. It's a much easier interface to the Mooshimeter than the Fluke 289, and it's also much lower in cost.

Python is like any other language; there is a learning curve. Some parts of my application, such as the RTC, were developed by our mobile application programmer; however, he primarily uses Python for all his coding. The rest of my application is a mix of C++ and Python.

It's a great product!