I haven't used or contributed in a while but if this is something that interests you I highly recommend taking a look at the Pokemon Automation project[0]. It

I haven't used or contributed in a while but if this is something that interests you I highly recommend taking a look at the Pokemon Automation project[0]. It goes away beyond just automating shiny hunting and a bunch of the programs they have run completely on cheap microcontrollers (teensy/pro micro boards) and there's a very active community that's been going strong for years. [0] https://github.com/PokemonAutomation/About https://github.com/PokemonAutomation/About