// Exercise 2
// Define a pin that we'll place the pot on
int potPin = A5;
// Create a variable to hold the pot reading
int potReading = 0;
// Define a pin we'll place an LED on
int ledPin = D3;
// Create a variable to store the LED brightness.
int ledBrightness = 0;
// Our button wired to D3
// We wire D0 to the middle terminal on the switch
// And any of the two other terminals to ground
int switchPin = D4;
// 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;
//
void setup(){
// Set up the LED for output
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
// sets pin as input
pinMode(switchPin , INPUT_PULLUP);
// Create a cloud variable of type integer
// called 'light' mapped to photoCellReading
Particle.variable("pot", potReading );
// Create a cloud variable of type integer
// 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
int buttonState = digitalRead( switchPin );
photoCellReading = analogRead(photoCellPin);
ledBrightness = map(photoCellReading, 0, 4095, 0, 255);
// fade the LED to the desired brightness
// analogWrite(ledPin, ledBrightness);
if( buttonState == LOW )
{
// turn it on or off when the light reaches certain levels.
if( photoCellReading <= 600 )
{
// turn the LED On
digitalWrite( ledPin, HIGH);
// 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);
}else{
// otherwise
// turn the LED Off
digitalWrite( ledPin, LOW);
}
}else{
// otherwise
// turn the LED Off
digitalWrite( ledPin, LOW);
}
}
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