How easy are FPGA's to hook up and use use compared to traditional microcontrollers?

A brief explanation of why FPGA are a lot more complicated to setup and get working than microcontrollers.
A short video linking to several other FGPA videos.
NOTE: This is very old footage that was meant to be part of a series of videos on trying out some FPGA demo boards. It's been sitting around for too long, so I'm uploading all the footage I have now.

What is an FPGA:    • EEVblog #496 - What Is An FPGA?  
FPGA Implementation Tutorial:    • FPGA Implementation Tutorial - EEVblo...  
What is JTAG:    • EEVblog #499 - What is JTAG and Bound...  
FPGA Demo Boards:    • EEVblog #636 - FPGA Demo Boards - DE0...  

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