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// Define a pin that we'll place the photo cell on
// Remember to add a 10K Ohm pull-down resistor too.
int photoCellPin = A0;
// Create a variable to hold the light reading
int photoCellReading = 0;
// Define a pin we'll place an LED on
int ledPin = D2;
// Create a variable to store the LED brightness.
int ledBrightness = 0;

void setup()
{
  // Set up the LED for output
  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
    // Create a cloud variable of type integer
  // called 'light' mapped to photoCellReading
  Particle.variable("light", &photoCellReading, INT);
  Particle.variable("dim", &ledBrightness, INT);
}

void loop()
{
  // Use analogRead to read the photo cell reading
  // This gives us a value from 0 to 4095
  photoCellReading = analogRead(photoCellPin);

  // Map this value into the PWM range (0-255)
  // and store as the led brightness
  ledBrightness = 255 - map(photoCellReading, 0, 4095, 0, 255);
  
  int thredhold = map(600, 0, 4095, 0, 255);
  if(ledBrightness >= thredhold){
  // fade the LED to the desired brightness
      analogWrite(ledPin, ledBrightness);
  }else{
      digitalWrite( ledPin, LOW );
  }

  // wait 1/10th of a second and then loop
  delay(100);
}
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