To start and operate the weather monitor, just connect display to ESP32. Connecting all other modules is optional. Instead of schematic diagrams, I post half-drawings, half-photos, so that it is clear ...
What do you do with 144 7-segment displays? If you’re [Frugha] you put them all together to create an epic clock. Each display has 8 individual LEDs — 7 segments, and a decimal point.