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// We will be using D2 to control our LED
int ledPin = D2;

// Our button wired to D4
int buttonPin = D4;

// Define a pin that we'll place the pot on
int potPin = A3;

// Create a variable to hold the pot reading
int potReading = 0;

// Create a variable to store the LED brightness.
int ledBrightness = 0;

void setup()
{

    // For input, we define the
    // pushbutton as an input-pullup
    // this uses an internal pullup resistor
    // to manage consistent reads from the device

    pinMode( buttonPin , INPUT_PULLUP); // sets pin as input

    // We also want to use the LED

    pinMode( ledPin , OUTPUT ); // sets pin as output
    

    // Create a cloud variable of type integer
    // called 'light' mapped to photoCellReading
    Spark.variable("pot", potReading );

}

void loop()
{
   // find out if the button is pushed
   // or not by reading from it.
    int buttonState = digitalRead( buttonPin );

    // remember that we have wired the pushbutton to
    // ground and are using a pulldown resistor
    // that means, when the button is pushed,
    // we will get a LOW signal
    // when the button is not pushed we'll get a HIGH

    // let's use that to set our LED on or off

    if( buttonState == LOW )
    {
    // turn the LED On
        digitalWrite( ledPin, HIGH);
        // Use analogRead to read the potentiometer reading
        // This gives us a value from 0 to 4095
        potReading = analogRead(potPin);

        // Map this value into the PWM range (0-255)
        // and store as the led brightness
        ledBrightness = map(potReading, 0, 4095, 0, 255);

        // fade the LED to the desired brightness
        analogWrite(ledPin, ledBrightness);

        // wait 1/10th of a second and then loop
        delay(100);
    }else{
    // otherwise
    // turn the LED Off
        digitalWrite( ledPin, LOW);

    }


}
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