// Define the Pin the Temperature sensor is on
int tempPin = A2;
// Create a variable that will store the temperature value
double temperature = 0.0;
double temperatureF = 0.0;
// Define a pin that we'll place the photo cell on
// Remember to add a 10K Ohm pull-down resistor too.
int photoCellPin = A5;
// 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()
{
// Register a Particle variable here
Particle.variable("temperature", &temperature, DOUBLE);
Particle.variable("temperatureF", &temperatureF, DOUBLE);
// Create a cloud variable of type integer
// called 'light' mapped to photoCellReading
Particle.variable("light", &photoCellReading, INT);
// Connect the temperature sensor to A0 and configure it
// to be an input
pinMode(tempPin, INPUT);
// Set up the LED for output
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
}
void loop()
{
// Keep reading the sensor value so when we make an API
// call to read its value, we have the latest one
int reading = analogRead(tempPin);
// The returned value from the device is going to be in the range from 0 to 4095
// Calculate the voltage from the sensor reading
double voltage = (reading * 3.3) / 4095.0;
// Calculate the temperature and update our static variable
temperature = (voltage - 0.5) * 100;
// Now convert to Farenheight
temperatureF = ((temperature * 9.0) / 5.0) + 32.0;
// 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 as reverse mapping
ledBrightness = map(photoCellReading, 0, 4095, 0, 255);
ledBrightness = 255 - ledBrightness;
// fade the LED to the desired brightness
analogWrite(ledPin, ledBrightness);
// wait 1/10th of a second and then loop
delay(100);
}
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