ieee488:
The Arduino is not a PC.
I am aware of that!
ieee488:
"internet of things" is a catchy phrase but completely meaningless.
I am trying to explain something that I am admitting that I have no experience in. I don't care what is the right term of IoT and I used it just because when I was trying to find out my way around tutorials it was mentioned a lot. Anyway, I don't want to debate what or how is this project related to IoT or not.
xl97:
What everyone is trying to tell you is that..you do -not- need that board.
A normal ESP8266-01 module might not enough I/O pins for your needs? So maybe looking a ESP822-12 board..
They can be used/programmed just like an Arduino. (So there is no -need- for an Arduino)..
You can use the same IDE.. and you can (most of) the same libraries.
So whatever you want to do on an Arduino, can be done on the ESP board itself.. (not to mention the ESP boards are like $2-3.00 USD!)
That is helpful, maybe I should focus on simpler and cheaper solutions.
I will try to explain again what I want to reach in another reply.
Thank you all!