Expanding ESP32-Based Weather Station: Seeking Advice on Multi-Sensor Integration and Data Logging

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Hi SparkFun Community,

I’ve been working on a weather station project using the ESP32 and DHT11 sensor to monitor temperature and humidity. I recently came across this detailed tutorial on interfacing the DHT11 with ESP32 (Blog - The Engineering Projects). Inspired by this, I’m aiming to enhance my setup by integrating additional sensors like the BMP280 for pressure readings and possibly a rain sensor. My goal is to create a comprehensive environmental monitoring system that logs data locally and also sends it to a cloud platform for remote access. I’m seeking advice on:
Best practices for integrating multiple sensors with the ESP32. Efficient methods for data logging and cloud synchronization. Recommendations on power management for continuous operation.
Has anyone undertaken a similar project or have insights to share? Any guidance or resources would be greatly appreciated.

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We don’t have anything specific to the DHT11, but other DHT models will likely be very similar…There are a lot of examples on youtube or other IoT/hardware sites…

If you’d like an integrated solution, we have this SparkFun DataLogger IoT (take a look at the ready-to-run/log sensors list on the product page, it has PHT sensors, environmental sensors, etc that can be seamlessly added!) that has several integration guides for iot & cloud services (see left side here)