Username: WeatherGeek
Posted: 1 day ago
Building a weather station that'll measure temp, humidity, pressure, and rainfall. Need to send data to a dashboard over wifi. Should i go with arduino + wifi shield or just use an esp32? The esp32 seems easier but ive been using arduino for years and am comfortable with it. What would you choose?

Reply by: EmbeddedExpert
ESP32 all the way. Its cheaper than arduino + wifi shield, has more processing power, and wifi is built in. The arduino ide supports esp32 so you can use the same code structure you're used to. Only downside is power consumption is bit higher but for a weather station thats not usually an issue. Also the esp32 has more pins which is nice if you want to add more sensors later.