// 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 = D0;
// Create a variable to store the LED brightness.
int ledBrightness = 0;
//Servo Variabkes
int servoPin = A5;
Servo myServo;
int servoPos = 0;
//
void setup(){
// Set up the LED for output
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
// Create a cloud variable of type integer
// called 'light' mapped to photoCellReading
Particle.variable("light", &photoCellReading, INT);
// attaches the servo on the A5 pin to the servo object
myServo.attach( A5 );
myServo.write(0); // start with servo fully clockwise (down pushup)
//Register our Particle Core to control the servo
Particle.function("servo", servoControl);
// Keep a cloud variable for the current position
Particle.variable( "servoPos" , &servoPos , INT );
}
void loop() {
// Use analogRead to read the photo cell reading
// This gives us a value from 0 to 4095
photoCellReading = analogRead(photoCellPin);
// Map this value into the PWM range (0-255)
// and store as the led brightness
ledBrightness = map(photoCellReading, 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);
// Relate the sensor reading to rotate servo
if ( photoCellReading <= 500) {
Particle.variable( "servoPos" , 1 );
delay(2000);
}
}
// This function gets called whenever there is a matching API request
// the command string format is 0-128
int servoControl(String command)
{
// Convert
int newPos = command.toInt();
// Make sure it is in the right range
// And set the position
servoPos = constrain( newPos, 0 , 180);
// Set the servo
myServo.write( servoPos );
// done
return 1;
}
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