New Drivers with 3.12.20+ kernel and up to 64 MHz SPI clock
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Drivers for all LCD-PIs have been refreshed. New features:
-DMA support
-up to 64 MHz SPI clock (48 MHz default)
Install procedure:
1. download and flash a Raspbian image to a SD card
2. expand file system, do not select boot into graphical user interface in raspi-config
3. login as pi/raspberry and install kernel with drivers:
4. (optional) if driver module is preferred to having the driver compiled into kernel select kernel_pim.img whe editing the /boot/config.txt file. Then a driver module can be loaded with:
To auto load the module the /etc/modules file can be edited. Uncomment one of above modules there.
-DMA support
-up to 64 MHz SPI clock (48 MHz default)
Install procedure:
1. download and flash a Raspbian image to a SD card
2. expand file system, do not select boot into graphical user interface in raspi-config
3. login as pi/raspberry and install kernel with drivers:
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wget http://www.hwlevel.com/hwlevel/Files/kernel_pi_3.12.20+.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzvf kernel_pi_3.12.20+.tar.gz -C /
#sudo nano /boot/config.txt
#scroll to the end of file and uncomment the line that is right for your module
#CTRL+x
sudo reboot
4. (optional) if driver module is preferred to having the driver compiled into kernel select kernel_pim.img whe editing the /boot/config.txt file. Then a driver module can be loaded with:
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modprobe ili9486 #IPS-PI40
modprobe ssd1289 #LCD-PI32
modprobe d51 #LCD-PI33
modprobe ssd1963 #LCD-PI43 and LCD-PI50
To auto load the module the /etc/modules file can be edited. Uncomment one of above modules there.