// 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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