Colorwell is a programmable RGB LED for pendants, bracelets, and other fashionable pieces.
Choose from 10 built-in colors that match the seasonal PANTONE® fashion color report, or mix your own.
You just need a battery and you're ready to go. Connect it to sensors so it can change color depending on temperature, motion, sound levels, etc.
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How do I connect it?
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- Connect Colorwell to the battery holder using conductive thread, conductive paint, or regular wire
- Use two separate threads, one for plus and one for minus
- Go through each hole 4-6 times to make a good connection, not just once
- Make sure there is no short circuit
- Insert a 3 volt battery. It should start changing colors
NOTE:Don't connect to other LEDs or Sparkle.
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It's not turning on at all
The tiny red light never goes all the way off: it stays on when Colorwell is running, flashes rapidly when waiting for a program, and flashes once per second while sleeping. If you cannot see this light at all, try a fresh battery and double-check your connections. Look for places where two threads might be touching.
If you can't quickly figure it out, it's best to totally undo the circuit, and sew only two things: Colorwell , and battery. Once this works, add the sensor (if you have one).
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The tiny red LED is on, but nothing else
In this case, the first thing to do would be to reset Colorwell, to make it change colors again
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- turn Colorwell over
- connect the plus and minus holes to a 3V battery
- briefly connect the reset pad to the reset hole with tweezers or needle
- wait 1 second
- repeat steps 1-3 until Colorwell's starts change color again
- You can do this even after the project is sewn down, just use a pair of tweezers.
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How do I turn it off?
- Hold your finger, a needle, or tweezers to the strip under the tiny red LED
- After 1 second, the tiny red LED should start flashing
- Keep your finger on the touch strip for more than 1 second
- The red LED will fade off, and Colorwell will go to sleep
- Press the touch strip again to wake it up.
- Check out the video for more
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How do I program it?
- Go to: aniomagic.com/program
- Hold your finger, a needle, or tweezers to the strip under the tiny red LED.
- After 1 second, the tiny red LED should start flashing.
- Put Colorwell in front of the icon on the screen and click send.
- Check out the video for more
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It doesn't enter programming mode
The touch strip measures the capacitance in your finger. It might help to use a needle or paperclip for better contact. Moistening your finger works too.
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It's not getting new programs from the screen
- Hold Colorwell closer to the screen.
- Make the screen brighter or change the contrast.
- Dim the lights; a brightly lit environment overpowers the sensor.
- If your web browser is playing a video or doing some other activity, it throws off the timing.
Close all other browser windows and see if this solves the problem.
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What kind of programs can I create?
Colorwell changes color between two points (BEGIN and END), and also displays the intermediate colors as it changes.
There is also a textual programming language, so you could write more expressive programs:
This causes Colorwell to gradually change between two colors, where the number (1 - 10) corresponds to the 10 colors in the PANTONE® fashion color report.
(speed 5) ; set the overall transition speed to 5 seconds
(always
(color 7) ; turn to the 7th color of the season (sweet lilac® in Spring 2012)
(wait 30) ; wait for 30 seconds in the current color
(color 2) ; then turn to the 2nd color of the season (tangerine tango® in Spring 2012)
(wait 30))
This causes Colorwell to change colors depending on how fast you move (you'll need to attach a sensor):
(speed 5) ; set the overall transition speed to 5 seconds
(always
(if (> sensor 5)
(color 2) ; turn to the 2nd color of the season (tangerine tango® in Spring 2012)
(color 7))) ; turn to the 7th color of the season (sweet lilac® in Spring 2012)
Get more in-depth with programming.
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Example projects & tutorials
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