1. Download the image from http://www.hwlevel.com/hwlevel/Files/2014-01-07-wheezy-raspbian_lcd-pi.img.zip, unzip it and flash it using Win32DiskImager (or dd command if you are working in Linux). Like in this video, just use our image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6g4kZy2TTc
2. A new disk labeled 'boot' should appear. Edit config.txt file on this disk. Select a suitable kernel for your LCD-PI and uncomment (delete leading #) in the kernel= line. There is Notepad2 editor on the 'boot' disk which can be used for editing. For example, to use a driver with SPI compression with LCD-PI43 or LCD-PI50 the following line should be uncommented:
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# uncomment to use kernel with LCD-PI43/LCD-PI50 driver compiled into kernel and SPI compression enabled
kernel=kernel_lcd-pi4+c.img
3. Configure XWindows: edit xorg.conf file in lcd-pi_xorg folder. Copy the content from a preconfigured xorg.conf_lcd-pi?? in the same folder. For LCD-PI43 and LCD-PI50 the content of xorg.conf should be like this:
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# configuration for LCD-PI43 and LCD-PI50
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "calibration"
MatchProduct "ADS7846 Touchscreen"
# Option "SwapAxes" "True"
Option "InvertY" "True"
Option "InvertX" "True"
EndSection
4. (optional) If you want LCD-PI to show console edit the cmdline.txt file on 'boot' disk and add fbcon=map:10 to the end of the line (there is only one line in this file, no matter how it is displayed in your editor/browser):
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dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline rootwait fbcon=map:10
5. Save all opened files and eject the SD card. Boot the RPi (with SD card inserted). LCD-PI should initialize about two seconds after applying power. If you have configured the LCD-PI to show console the boot console should appear otherwise the display should remain dark with backlight on.