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Title: FPGA Mining Tutorial? Post by: UltimateCoder on August 23, 2013, 06:15:08 PM Hey,
I am a completely new to Bitcoin Mining on FPGA's. Currently my friend has 5 Spartan-6 LX150T and 2 Vertex 6 ML605 and He will give them to me but I don't really know How to set them up for Bitcoin Mining. Is there any tutorial for those two boards? Is there anything else that I would need (Hardware)? Btw Electricity is Free so don't complain about Profitability. Thanks. Title: Re: FPGA Mining Tutorial? Post by: cp1 on August 23, 2013, 06:19:17 PM Are they already programmed for bitcoins? Are they USB? I think you'll just need a hub and a copy of cgminer.
Title: Re: FPGA Mining Tutorial? Post by: UltimateCoder on August 23, 2013, 06:22:04 PM Yes they are USB but they haven't been programmed for Bitcoin Mining. What's the Hub for?
I also have PCI. Title: Re: FPGA Mining Tutorial? Post by: cp1 on August 23, 2013, 06:23:46 PM The hub's to plug them all into. Programming them is the hard part. Check the open source FPGA project.
Title: Re: FPGA Mining Tutorial? Post by: UltimateCoder on August 23, 2013, 07:04:11 PM Well at First I just want to Use one of Them because I am experimenting and I don't want to mess up all my boards. So for running just one Board I need to Program them and Use CgMiner?
Title: Re: FPGA Mining Tutorial? Post by: cp1 on August 23, 2013, 07:35:29 PM I think so, I've never done it, but I can't imagine what else you'd need.
Title: Re: FPGA Mining Tutorial? Post by: UltimateCoder on August 26, 2013, 01:50:16 PM There are many Projects inside the FPGA Project. Which one gives the best performance for Spartan?
Title: Re: FPGA Mining Tutorial? Post by: mjc on August 26, 2013, 05:38:33 PM http://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Mining-Step-ebook/dp/B00CLU7Z96/ref=pd_sim_kstore_2
Title: Re: FPGA Mining Tutorial? Post by: atmclikk on August 26, 2013, 06:20:27 PM Are these the Xilinx development boards?
What you need to do is load the sha-256 FPGA logic (in a format like VHDL) onto your FPGA chips. Without the bitcoin hashing code, all an fpga is is a bunch of logic gates that have no state. http://www.taylorkillian.com/2013/04/using-fpga-of-eecolor-color3.html - gives a pretty good overview of loading the open source fpga miner code onto a random fpga board using a jtag cable. It also links to the github project you will need. In all honesty, if you are just interested in doing a little bit of mining, you will get more speed with a lot less headaches by just getting 4 or 5 USB Block Eruptors off of Ebay, and a 20 dollar or so hub. FPGA's are tricky business, and you really don't get the speed from them.. Electricity is not so much a concern, but you should actively cool them depending on how high you clock them. Good luck. |