I read you can buy a 5 V to 3.3 V step down module (AMS1117) so you can use the 5 V pinout that is able to supply up to about 400 mA, but that's another thing to purchase and wire up. A problem with externally attaching the ESP8266 is that you need a 3.3 V 200 mA, power supply, and the Arduino boards 3.3 V output pin only provides about 40 mA. The board has integrated Wi-Fi (ESP8266) so there is no need for external connections. I'm very interested to get your feedback and suggestions. I wish to emphasise I am only a learner and there are probably better ways to achieve the end result. If you are experienced in Arduino then probably this page too basic for you, however I appreciate your wisdom,assistance and feedback. Following are the lessons I've learned to date that can hopefully help others wishing to use this board. I wish to send the data to the cloud through Wi-Fi and I found a board from Robotdyn that had Wi-Fi integrated into it. I purchased a Arduino starter kit and a few electronic books and I am slowly learning how to use these devices.
temperature, soil moisture, wind speed etc.) and have the data posted to Google sheets or a cloud-based data storage service. I am learning how to build electronic gadgets using micro controllers with an aim to build a micro controller with various sensors (e.g.
