user1891: I found that in my university there are some FPGA's available to test and to play with. I am a software/web programmer and I have never been working with verilog or whatever is used to program FPGA.
So is there a nice tutorial which explains how to start mining using FPGA. I do not want to create a fancy 2 - 10 connected FPGAs to run mine for profit, but I just want to start one FPGA and to see how it is working and what speed it is giving me.
I have checked the question: What software/hardware is required to mine with an FPGA?, but it does not provide information, I needed.
P.S: I also have seen this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9047.0 , but I hope to hear from someone who started to mine by himself and can share his experience.
So is there an easy to use tutorial for a not microsystem guy who wants to test mining. Or this is so complicated?
P.S. The vendor is Xilinx.
I have two different models:

The model for the simple one is Spartan 3E
The model for the advanced one is Virtex5


user256: 
So is there a nice tutorial which explains how to start mining using FPGA.

Not really, not a "starting from scratch" one.

Or this is so complicated?

Yes, it is quite complicated - in order to work with FPGAs, some additional skills on top of software are required.  You need to understand logic design and some (fairly basic) electronics in order to make a successful FPGA.
However, as a learning project, if it's something that interests you, I'd say it's worth a go - you'll learn a lot, but it won't be a quick-and-easy learning experience :)
But start small - first off, write an FPGA which just flashes an LED on and off slowly - that enables you to learn lots of the low-level details without a complex logic design going on.  The FPGA equivalent of "Hello World"!

EDIT:
If you've already done some FPGA work, then "all" you need to do is build a SHA implementation, some method of getting data to and from it and a little control logic.  I haven't done it myself, but I got about that far along a "thought-design" before deciding I wasn't sufficiently interested to pursue it further.

1891: <p>I found that in my university there are some FPGA's available to test and to play with. I am a software/web programmer and I have never been working with verilog or whatever is used to program FPGA.</p>

<p>So is there a nice tutorial which explains how to start mining using FPGA. I do not want to create a fancy 2 - 10 connected FPGAs to run mine for profit, but I just want to start one FPGA and to see how it is working and what speed it is giving me.</p>

<p>I have checked the question: <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/1169/what-software-hardware-is-required-to-mine-with-an-fpga">What software/hardware is required to mine with an FPGA?</a>, but it does not provide information, I needed.</p>

<p>P.S: I also have seen this post: <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9047.0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9047.0</a> , but I hope to hear from someone who started to mine by himself and can share his experience.</p>

<p>So is there an easy to use tutorial for a not microsystem guy who wants to test mining. Or this is so complicated?</p>

<p>P.S. The vendor is <code>Xilinx</code>.</p>

<p>I have two different models:</p>

<ul>
<li>The model for the simple one is <code>Spartan 3E</code></li>
<li>The model for the advanced one is <code>Virtex5</code></li>
</ul>
 256: <blockquote>
  <p>So is there a nice tutorial which explains how to start mining using FPGA.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Not really, not a "starting from scratch" one.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Or this is so complicated?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Yes, it is quite complicated - in order to work with FPGAs, some additional skills on top of software are required.  You need to understand logic design and some (fairly basic) electronics in order to make a successful FPGA.</p>

<p>However, as a learning project, if it's something that interests you, I'd say it's worth a go - you'll learn a lot, but it won't be a quick-and-easy learning experience :)</p>

<p>But start small - first off, write an FPGA which just flashes an LED on and off slowly - that enables you to learn lots of the low-level details without a complex logic design going on.  The FPGA equivalent of "Hello World"!</p>

<hr>

<p>EDIT:</p>

<p>If you've already done some FPGA work, then "all" you need to do is build a SHA implementation, some method of getting data to and from it and a little control logic.  I haven't done it myself, but I got about that far along a "thought-design" before deciding I wasn't sufficiently interested to pursue it further.</p>
