Strictly speaking soldering is not required. The RPi bolts on to the Waveshare screen and uses a ribbon cable to connect to the DSI connector. The amp is a Hat so stacks on top of the lot it also includes a PSU for the RPi so all thats needed is a single 18V PSU. So far plug and play.
I wanted the screen to dim when not in use. If you want this feature then a small amount of soldering is required. If you are powering it On/Off you probably dont need the dimming. I chose the Waveshare screen because it does not use any IO pins, is the right size for a UK faceplate and has a nice responsive screen and touchscreen. The parts were sourced from Amazon. The 3D print was designed and printed by me using DesignSpark and then spray painted. It goes together by clamping around the screen. As for switching it boots pretty quick and as PCP is all in RAM you dont suffer any file corruption etc. Assuming you are not using it as a LMS server. I guess you could use a PSU switching HAT if you want a physical ON/OFF switch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4943 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113022
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