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//Practice exercise: Using a photoresistor

int photoCellPin = A0;
int photoCellReading = 0; //create a variable to hold the light reading

int ledPin = D2;
int ledBrightness = 0; //create a variable to store the LED brightness

void setup() {

    //setup the LED for output
    pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
    
    Particle.variable("light", &photoCellReading, INT); //create a cloud variable of type integer
    
}

void loop() {

    photoCellReading = analogRead(photoCellPin); //read the photo cell reading, 0-4095
    
    ledBrightness = map(photoCellReading, 0, 4095, 0, 255); //map this value into the PWM range (0-255) and store as led brightness

    analogWrite(ledPin, ledBrightness); //fade the led to the desired brightness
    
    delay(100); //wait 1/10th of a second and then loop
    
}
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