C2H Mandelbrot Design
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This design requires the following development boards:

  - Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit Cyclone III Edition
  - Nios II Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition

Design files have been provided to be used With the following versions of the Quartus II Design Software:

  - 7.2
  - 8.0
  - 8.1


To regenerate the software and hardware simply navigate to the following folder within the hardware project using the Nios II Command Shell:

/software_examples/app/mandelbrot_c2h

From this folder you can run the software script that will create the necessary makefiles and generate the system
containing the hardware accelerator.  To run the script simply type './create_this_app'.  Once the script is finished running, open the hardware
design in the Quartus II design software and compile the hardware.



Expected Results:

By default this design uses the hardware acceleration mode which results in the best overall performance. The frame rate should approach
60 frames per second (fps) when the demo is zoomed out completely. When the image zooms in, the amount of space within the Mandelbrot set
typically grows which maps to the black colour. These pixels require the most amount of processing and represent where the Mandelbrot 
calculation converges towards infinity. The region where other colours are shown represent where the calculation converges within a fixed
set of iterations. The number of iterations taken before the calculation converges determines the output colour you see on the screen.