Firstly, you need to secure your Intel Galileo board. This will serve as our microcontroller board. Note that we'll use Gen 2 for this project.

We'll only use two sensors—a DHT11 and a photocell. We will need the DHT11 for the temperature and humidity measurements and the photocell for measuring the ambient light level.

Aside from these major components, you will also need a 1N4148 diode, 4.7K and 10K Ohm resistors, breadboard, jumper wires, and, of course, an SD card.

Here is a list of all the components needed for this project:

At this point, we're ready to start...