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April 2010 User Group Follow-up

Craig Bedward — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:28:42 +0000

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 hobby servos)
parallax (serial controller that Michael used in his demo)
servocity (good source for hobby servos and accessories)
US Digital (optical rotary encoders)

National Instruments Tools

Other Items

Any additions? Comment them here. This group works best when we share ideas!

Quick Tip: Drag and Drop a VI

Craig Bedward — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:30:45 +0000

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

Craig Bedward — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:13:51 +0000

You can quickly flip through all the frames of a structure by holding 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

Craig Bedward — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:19:41 +0000

You can get quick access to the LabVIEW Tools palette by holding and right clicking. The Tools palette will pop up next to your cursor.

Simply make your selection and the palette will go away.