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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 — the same VLL optical bit-encoding as the Micro Scout family; 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 uses the same VLL optical encoding as the Micro Scout family — the Code Pilot actually came first (1997 vs the Micro Scout's 1999) and has its own instruction set, but the low-level 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.