Case study

Laser Drift: reconstructing Carrera infrared slot-car control

Laser Drift emulates the infrared controllers of Carrera Digital 132/124 slot cars. A Python game loop synchronizes with the IR tower, encodes player state into controller packets and accepts speed and lane-change commands from a TCP server.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08

Stars: 17
Last commit: 2017-10-05
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Carrera Digital 132/124 track, control unit, wireless receiver and a USB infrared transceiver.
Prerequisites: Linux, Python 3 and lirc 0.10 or later.
Limits: Only older infrared controllers are emulated; 2.4 GHz wireless controllers are unsupported.
License: MIT License.

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BibTeX

@misc{laser-drift-case,
  title = {{Laser Drift: reconstructing Carrera infrared slot-car control}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/buntine/laser-drift}},
  url = {https://github.com/buntine/laser-drift},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/laser-drift-case/}}
}

Plain text

Laser Drift: reconstructing Carrera infrared slot-car control. https://github.com/buntine/laser-drift (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/laser-drift-case/

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README.md GitHub · buntine/laser-drift · Revision 6fca994