Quote from: ice_chill on December 23, 2012, 11:24:44 PM

1. You don't build an FPGA rig like you would built a computer, you buy a ready made board and plug it to your PC through a USB cable.

2. Bitcoin is for using it like a currency/mining, if you want to learn how to program FPGA devices, then you should really be looking somewhere else, the software mining subforum is for "mining" discussions, not for "learning to program" so I doubt that someone there will teach you the basics of FPGA programming for Bitcoin.

3. FPGAs are already barely profitable, people who want to mine for a profit invest into ASICs, people who want to learn to program FPGAs learn something other than Bitcoin.

4. Besides the software, an FPGA device also needs a Bitsream to be programmed, otherwise it is useless.

5. A few days ago you posted that you don't want to invest into ASIC because you think you might not profit from it, now you are saying you want to buy an FPGA so you can learn to program.

6. What is it you actually want to do, mine Bitcoins or learn FPGA programming ?

What are you talking about? I didn't say anything about wanting to learn FPGA programming and most of your post has nothing to do with what I was saying... You seem to be confused about what I said... Huh

#1 I've seen threads about people building their own, and I'm interested in how to do it. I also know you can buy ready-made boards, but where and which ones?

#2 I mentioned (as a side note) that I wanted to write a CPU miner for Bitcoin... I already know how to program in multiple languages (from C# to x86/64 assembly language), but I don't know enough about how the Bitcoin network operates to do it yet. What I want to learn is how the Bitcoin network functions; not programming. But I only passively mentioned it... my thread here is about building or buying my own FPGA rig...

#3 No idea what you're talking about...

#4 I see.

#5 You're mistaken again... I didn't say I didn't want to invest in ASICs because "I might not profit"... I said I'm not going to pre-order any ASIC gear because I dunno how long I'll be waiting on it nor how profitable it will be (because everyone else will have them to). So I'm going to wait until they hit the market, re-calculate profitability and only THEN make a selection on ASIC equipment...

#6 Mine Bitcoins... this thread is about how I can build or acquire an FPGA rig to mine Bitcoins. Since I can't seem to find any place in the world that is currently selling ready-to-go FPGA mining rigs, I'm very interested in building my own at a lost cost.