Code Pilot

The Code Pilot is a programmable Technic brick from the Barcode Multi-Set (8479, 1997). The 12×8×4 brick has 6 AA cells, a couple of buttons, a barcode scanner / light sensor, and 2 wire contacts, and controls one motor with 2 passive inputs. Its optical input accepts both printed barcodes and VLL.

Optical input

• Barcodes — sweep a printed barcode strip past the light sensor to load an action (Barcodes (Code Pilot)). A laminated A3 sheet (8479bar01) ships with the set.
• VLL — same protocol/codebase as the Micro Scout; it can also be driven by flashing light directly.

How to control it today

• Print and scan the original barcodes, or
• Flash VLL at its sensor with any VLL emitter (FTDI DTR + LED, Arduino · ESP32 + LED, a phone torch). The adriansieber project and lego-blockly both list the Code Pilot as a VLL target.

It shares the Micro Scout's VLL codebase, so the protocol matches, though only the Micro Scout has been tested hands-on.

Programmable actions include changing motor speed, running the motor on a sensor trigger, and playing sounds.

Links

• Set: 8479 Barcode Multi-Set (1997) — Rebrickable · доп: Technicopedia. See Sets & bricks index.
• Barcode sheet part: 8479bar01 (Rebrickable · доп: Bricker).
• Community: LUGNET — Code Pilot.