The boards showed up early today! Woohoo! No big mistakes on this one and the two I populated work!

They are small and no bigger than necessary. (US Quarter on right)

Reyax RYLR998 Lora module installed on the back and some AT commands sent to make sure all the pins mapped correct. Note the antenna is well protected.

Pile of boards in the highly anticipated blue box.

The only "issue" is that the hole for the LED is a bit too big. Either it got milled bigger than it should or I really missed math class. The SMD led was supposed to hang on the edges of the hole. Fortunately, I am good a solder bridges (especially where not needed) so I was able to make this work just fine. Being slightly recessed in the board is kind of cool. I am not sure how I feel about soldering 28 more of these yet.

I quick note on these SMD parts. Wow... don't drop them on the floor. That took awhile to find. 

My brother Andy estimated that 180 ohms would be about right for brightness. He was right and it gives the effect I was hoping for. The "PTT" button on the left is actually the reset button for the Lora module. This is necessary once powered depending on how you are connecting to it. I am pleased that the button also fills an aesthetic role. 

These are intended to be "blingy" SAOs even without the Lora Module on the back. The modules are around $12 from most sources. It's a bit too much $$ to put one on each SAO unfortunately. I plan to bring a few with me that have Lora modules on them to play with and maybe loan out for shenanigans and experimenting with at SuperCon 24'.