Soldering the through-hole (THT) parts into place, this is a view of the "alpha" board nearing completion. The design has quite some space left that calls to be utilized. Adding footprints for common sensors, or even a prototyping area could be placed underneath the TFT display.

Adding the remaining modules, and placing the Raspberry Pi on stand-offs, its time to power it up. Having four stand-offs for the RPi Zero looks like too much support. Reminder to myself to consider only two stand-offs, opposite from the GPIO, for the next revision.

The RTC IC and backup battery placement should leave enough clearance for a passive cooler installed underneath the RPi CPU, something I still need to validate.