// Our button wired to D4
int buttonPin = D4;
// Define a pin that we'll place the fsr on
int fsrPin = A5;
// Create a variable to hold the pot reading
int forceReading = 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(){
pinMode( buttonPin , INPUT_PULLUP); // sets pin as input
// Set up the LED for output
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
// Create a cloud variable of type integer
// called 'light' mapped to photoCellReading
Spark.variable("force", forceReading );
}
void loop() {
// find out if the button is pushed
// or not by reading from it.
int buttonState = digitalRead( buttonPin );
// Use analogRead to read the FSR reading
// This gives us a value from 0 to 4095
forceReading = analogRead(fsrPin);
// Map this value into the PWM range (0-255)
// and store as the led brightness
ledBrightness = map(forceReading, 0, 4095, 0, 255);
if( buttonState == LOW )
{
// fade the LED to the desired brightness
analogWrite(ledPin, ledBrightness);
delay(500);
}else{
// otherwise
// turn the LED Off
digitalWrite( ledPin, LOW);
}
// wait 1/10th of a second and then loop
delay(100);
}
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