The Hardware Essentials

The Recommended Hardware equipment for the Course are as follows:

Gateway: Raspberry PI  3

Sensors: 

               Analog: DHT11 (with A/D converter)

               Digital:  photoresistor

Sensor platform:  NODEMCU LUA ESP8266  

Controlled devices:  LEDs, motor controller

1. Gateway PI

Vilros Raspberry Pi 3 Complete Starter Kit with Clear Case and 32GB SD Card

https://www.amazon.com/Vilros-Raspberry-Complete-Starter-Clear/dp/B01CUMNIV8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485142430&sr=8-1&keywords=vilros+raspberry+pi+3

(May want to get a wireless keyboard/mouse to work on pi or use spare USB keyboard and mouse)

2.Sensors

KOOKYE Raspberry Pi IoT Starter Kit Internet of Things for Raspberry Pi 2 / 3 (16 items)

https://www.amazon.com/KOOKYE-Raspberry-Starter-Internet-Things/dp/B01HTE5SGA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1485142569&sr=8-2&keywords=internet+of+things+kit

This kit consists of:
1 x Solderless Prototype Breadboard
1 x GPIO to Breadboard 40-pin breakout interface
Jumper Wires(2 x 8pin female to female 20cm)
Jumper Wires(1 x 40pin male to male 15cm)
LED (6 x Bright White, 6 x Red, 6 x Yellow, 6 x Green)
3 x Photoresistor(light sensor)
1 x MCP3008 A/D converter
5 x push buttons
1 x DHT11 Temperature/Humidity sensor
1 x DS18B20 Temperature sensor
1 x Digital Motion sensor
1 x servo motor
1 x BMP180 Pressure/Temperature Sensor
1 x Relay

1 x PCA9685 PWM I2C Controller

 3. IOT Device

NODEMCU LUA ESP8266    

https://www.amazon.com/HiLetgo-Version-NodeMCU-Internet-Development/dp/B010O1G1ES/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1485142990&sr=1-3&keywords=nodemcu

NODEMCU is an Open-source, Interactive, Programmable, Low-cost, Simple, Smart, WI-FI enabled firmware and development kit that helps to prototype the IOT product within a few Lua script lines.

I ordered them in amazon.com as links provided. It was delivered in a day and I must say I was quite overwhelmed having them. Now all set to go further in the investigation!