Greetings!
I have been playing around with the Raspberry PI for a little while now, and I am now interested in getting started with the Arduino. I have decided that to begin with a simple plant monitoring project, and ultimately have the data uploaded to some form of a web server. I've seen many tutorials doing similar things, but I'm not sure what components I should buy to get started. I know there are lots of different sensors out there to choose from, and I'm not so worried about that part. I'm more concerned about what Arduino board I should use.
Ultimately, I'm going to want to put this device just outside of my window (within WiFi range), and I want to power it by a simple battery pack. I don't really think that I want to use the full Arduino board, as that seems excessive, and lacks WiFi without having to also get a shield.
I was thinking about maybe going with the Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout. This has the WiFi component, but I'm not sure if I need to use this WITH another component, or if I can just use this on its own.
Alternatively, if the WiFi part is going to be too complicated, maybe I could just do something with LEDs and the Adafruit Pro Trinket.
What do you guys recommend for building a simple, 3 sensor monitoring station?