Hi everyone,
let me make it quick. I am thinking about building an FPGA rig. I am not completely stupid, able to build my own computer and so on.
I am thinking about building an FPGA rig, for fun. Just with one or two units at first. Maybe more later. This is more for me getting into this than being super profitable at first.
So, does anyone have an answer to:
What you need to start? The packages and variations confuse me.
How does a really good demo look like? Do you have a system set up that is paraded on the net where one can learn about every part necessary, from ground up? Maybe a video where someone assembles a rig from the start?
This is nerd heaven for me, so I would be totally grateful for someone pointing to one of these. I have taken my stabs at vendor sites (Enterpoint to Ztex), some blogs and youtube videos. But I don't yet get it. While I ordered an ASICs miner from BFL and am praying that they ship one day, the whole "Build your own electronics supercomputing rig" is kind of more fun to me... Nothing against lazy hashing, but, the whole "mining" feeling comes better with building rigs, I think
let me make it quick. I am thinking about building an FPGA rig. I am not completely stupid, able to build my own computer and so on.
I am thinking about building an FPGA rig, for fun. Just with one or two units at first. Maybe more later. This is more for me getting into this than being super profitable at first.
So, does anyone have an answer to:
What you need to start? The packages and variations confuse me.
How does a really good demo look like? Do you have a system set up that is paraded on the net where one can learn about every part necessary, from ground up? Maybe a video where someone assembles a rig from the start?
This is nerd heaven for me, so I would be totally grateful for someone pointing to one of these. I have taken my stabs at vendor sites (Enterpoint to Ztex), some blogs and youtube videos. But I don't yet get it. While I ordered an ASICs miner from BFL and am praying that they ship one day, the whole "Build your own electronics supercomputing rig" is kind of more fun to me... Nothing against lazy hashing, but, the whole "mining" feeling comes better with building rigs, I think
Do you want to buy a pre-built rig, or do you want to use an open source project to order parts and build your own?
And FYI, building your own computer is not a credible skill to build a FPGA, sorry. You need to develop skills in electronics. If you want to learn, there are plenty of open source projects. I suggest Icarus or its follower - Lancelot or just search for FPGA projects on GitHub.
If you want to jump right in and buy a unit or two, then that is something a majority of people here on these forums can explain to you. That is simply software configuration and the like.
I know that bitcoin is getting some crazy, but there is no easy jump in. If you want to mine, or even just learn, there's some amount of necessary investment.