// define a pin that we'll place the photo cell on
// remember to add a 10K Ohm pull-down resistor too
int photoCellPin = A0;
// 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() {
// set up the LED for output
pinMode( ledPin, OUTPUT );
// create a cloud variable of type interger called 'light' mapped to photoCellReading
Particle.variable("light", &photoCellReading, INT);
}
void loop() {
// use analogRead to read the photo cell reading
// This gives us a value from 0 to 4095
photoCellReading = analogRead( photoCellPin );
// find out if light levels are below 1000
// set our LED on or off
if ( photoCellReading < 1000){
ledBrightness = 255;
}else {
ledBrightness = 0;
}
// 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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