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// Define a pin that we'll place the pot on
int potPin = A2;

// Create a variable to hold the pot reading
int potReading = 0;

// Define a pin we'll place an LED on
int ledPin = D6;

// 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 integer
  // called 'light' mapped to photoCellReading
  Spark.variable("pot", potReading );
}

void loop() {

  // 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);
}
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