A Raspberry Pi Pico combined with a BME280 sensor can create a small Pico Altimeter that measures data like elevation and air pressure.

ALIGN is the Autonomous Laser Intersatellite Gigabit Network project and the team behind successfully builds and tests its first CubeSats.

They may seem simpler, but don't be fooled: microcontrollers are perfect for a lot of my more complicated setups for a number of reasons ...