Waveshare RP2350B-Plus-W is a development board that follows the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W form factor, but offers 41 GPIOs ...
This custom Wi-Fi router works off-grid with Starlink and can control my solar power station. Here's how I went about it.
A Raspberry Pi can do a lot, but adding an ESP32 gives it the physical reach that small hardware projects often need.