Quantity   Component name
1 × Atmega 1284p current microcontroller being used to interact with the physical world (mcu will likely change)
1 × CH340G Cheap USB-Serial for connecting the microcontroller to the host computer
1 × DS1631+ I2C temperature sensor
1 × Raspberry Pi Cheap host computer
1 × Photoresistor For taking light readings
1 × MSP430G2553 Microprocessors, Microcontrollers, DSPs / ARM, RISC-Based Microcontrollers
1 × ESP8266