The Pi does not have a P5 header soldered on. Will buyers have to do this? On the top side? Will this stop a wide adoption of this sound card?

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The P5 is unpopulated on current Pis, and it seems the Wolfson Pi needs it. Is it supposed to be on top of the board? Will you supply the header? Wil people be supposed to solder it on (no problem for me, but maybe for general adoption in large numbers?). Has it been considered to change future Pi revisions accordingly? P.S. your password restrictions are stupid. Anybody considers forum accounts throwaway. I do not want to be forced to mix punctuation etc. into a throwaway passoword. i post it here as a protest , so I don't forget it: ausserirdischegesund/TikOajOun8

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The Wolfson Audio Card (WAC) does indeed need access to the P5 header, and Raspberry Pi is supplied with P5 unpopulated. To deal with this, and to make fitting WAC as straightforward as possible, it is fitted with innovative sprung pins in a 4x2 formation that extend down to the P5 pad and make contact as the WAC is lowered on to Raspberry Pi.