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April 2010 User Group Follow-up

We had a great meeting discussing motor control of all types. Thanks to all who attended. Many people offered information on websites and products they have used. I wanted to capture some of them here in case anyone wants to check into them: Motor drivers for hobby servos phidgets.com geckodrive.com seetron.com/ssc.htm (serial control of 8 [...]

Quick Tip: Drag and Drop a VI

You can quickly place a VI onto another VI by dragging it from the icon pane and dropping it onto the destination VI. Dragging works from the icon pane on either the Front Panel or the Block Diagram, but you can only drop onto another VI’s Block Diagram.

Quick Tip: Scrolling Through Structures

You can quickly flip through all the frames of a structure by holding <Control> and using the mouse scroll wheel. This works for Case Structures, Event Structures, Stacked Sequence Structures, even Diagram Disable Structures.

Quick Tip: Tools Palette Quick Access

You can get quick access to the LabVIEW Tools palette by holding <Shift> and right clicking. The Tools palette will pop up next to your cursor. Simply make your selection and the palette will go away.