Mandelbrot Set Using LabVIEW

[StevieZ]

Overview
This example creates the Mandelbrot set and colors it with a continous color (smoothing) algorithm.

Description
By default the iteration count is set to 50 and is colored with a 24-bit color gradient.

The black section is the set of points in the complex plane. The edge forms a fractal (the complexity of this edge never simplifies regardless of the magnification level).

The outside area is colored based on the number of iterations it takes to exclude the pixel from the Mandelbrot set.

Requirements

• LabVIEW 2012 (or compatible)

Steps to Implement or Execute Code

1. Run the VI
2. 2.Mandelbrot image will show on front panel.

Additional Information or References
VI Block Diagram

 

 **This document has been updated to meet the current required format for the NI Code Exchange.**

[TroyK]

Awesome, I love it. (My windows background is a zoomed in section of the Mandelbrot set fractal. Step12 in the link in your introduction.)

I hope you don't mind, I simplified the code a little, changed the way the picture updated and did a bit of manual tidying.

It updates much faster now. (Original took about 30seconds on my pc.)

See 'mandelbrot_lv82_2.vi'.

[StevieZ]

Thanks for updating it, I love the speed improvements. Based off your version of the code I may work on a version that will be able to be zoomable.

[TroyK]

Your welcome! A zoom would be very cool. I wanted to suggest that but I forgot to add it to my previous comment.

[Everseeker]

So, 7 years later....

Did you (or anyone) create a zoomable version?

And, the "Improved" one that is in the comment... is not clickable does anyone have it?

[TroyK]

I can't remember where I got the one just attached from (Mandel.vi) but if you turn on the cursors it is zoomable. It was originally written in LabVIEW 5 I think!

[dj_tony]

i have a zoomable version. i don't remember who made it or where i found.

and if you enable item parallelism on the for loops the execution speed increase drammatically.

here the link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gUvi3wypyI6pkiTJ92VJIjZDp5Dshi9P/view?usp=sharing

fell free to put this VI in other places more appropriate.

[rowdyr]

Here is another zoomable version that can be manipulated with the mouse which was based on the VIs at the top of the page...

https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0eeohs3Hr7D3BC-ZGzeSDuNnA#Mandelbrot_Explorer

Enjoy.