Start simple. Implement an adder, configured by some switches. Represent the output in binary on some LED's. This will help you wrap your head around some of t

Start simple. Implement an adder, configured by some switches. Represent the output in binary on some LED's. This will help you wrap your head around some of the important basics, and then you can go from there. It is very difficult to debug FPGAs so it is important to "build up" to what you want in piece by easy to verify piece, instead of trying to build the whole thing at once and debug it later.