The hardware was assembled by connecting the Arduino UNO R4 WiFi, the PZEM 004T, the current transformer, and the OLED ...
[Nagy Krisztián] had an Intel 286 CPU, only… There was no motherboard to install it in. Perhaps not wanting the processor to be lonely, [Nagy] built a simulated system to bring the chip back to life.
Your Pi is way more capable then you think it is.
The Pi Picos are tiny but capable, once you get used to their differences.