Blue Dot allows you to control your Raspberry Pi projects wirelessly - its a bluetooth remote and zero boiler plate (super simple to use :) Python library.

Created by Martin O'Hanlon, @martinohanlon, stuffaboutco.de.

Install and usage is really simple:

1. Install the Python library:

   sudo pip3 install bluedot

2. Get the Android Blue Dot app or use the Python Blue Dot app
3. Pair your Raspberry Pi

4. Write some code:

   from bluedot import BlueDot
   bd = BlueDot()
   bd.wait_for_press()
   print("You pressed the blue dot!")

5. Press the Blue Dot

See the getting started guide to 'get started'!

The Blue Dot is a joystick as well as button, you can tell if the dot was pressed in the middle, on the top, bottom, left or right. Perhaps create a BlueDot controlled Robot.

Why be restricted by such vague positions like top and bottom though, you can get the exact x, y position or even the angle and distance from centre where the dot was pressed.

Its not all about when the button was pressed either - pressed, released or moved they all work.

You can press it, slide it, swipe it, rotate it - one blue circle can do a lot.

The online documentation describes how to use Blue Dot and the Python library including Recipes and ideas.

Production - under active development. Be sure to raise an issue if you have a feature request or experience problems.