Contents
  1. I. Front Panel
  2. 1. Controls Palette
  3. 2. Tools Palette
  4. II. Block Diagram
  5. 1. Components
  6. 2. Functions Palette
  7. 3. Block Diagram

LabVIEW Study Notes: LabVIEW Study Notes, Part One: Basic Introduction LabVIEW Study Notes, Part Two: Filter Experiment LabVIEW Study Notes, Part Three: Basic Controls LabVIEW Study Notes, Part Four: Dynamic Data Type LabVIEW Study Notes, Part Five: Comprehensive Data Type Experiment LabVIEW Study Notes, Part Six: While Loops and For Loops LabVIEW Study Notes, Part Seven: Variables and Shift Registers LabVIEW Study Notes, Part Eight: Property Nodes LabVIEW Study Notes, Part Nine: Arrays and Clusters LabVIEW Study Notes, Part Ten: Case Structures Notes on Other Experiments

I. Front Panel

1. Controls Palette

（1） Controls come from the Controls palette. Right-click to open the Controls palette. You can add a control to the front panel by clicking it or dragging it. Controls Palette （2) Categories

  • Numeric controls: enter and display numeric data
  • Boolean controls: create buttons, switches, and indicators
  • Path controls: enter or return the address of a file or directory
  • Array, matrix, and cluster controls: create arrays, matrices, and clusters
  • List box, tree, table, and similar controls: provide lists of options
  • Graph controls: plot numeric data as graphs and charts
  • Enum controls: provide a list of selectable items
  • Container controls: group various controls

2. Tools Palette

Tools Palette

Tools Palette (2)

II. Block Diagram

1. Components

Terminals (front panel), subVIs, functions, constants, structures, and wires

2. Functions Palette

As before, right-click to open it

3. Block Diagram

（1） Terminals: These include the block diagram appearance of front panel objects. Right-click and deselect Display as Icon to make the block diagram cleaner. （2） Nodes: These have input and output terminals and are used to perform operations. Examples include function nodes and subVI nodes (double-click to view a subVI’s front panel and block diagram; Express VIs are special subVIs that require the fewest wires and are configured through dialog boxes). （3） Wires

  • Wires transfer data between block diagram objects
  • Wires for different data types differ in color, thickness, and style
  • Broken wires appear as black dashed lines with a red cross in the middle
  • Press Ctrl+B to delete all broken wires
  • Right-click a wire to clean it up
  • Select an area of the block diagram and use Clean Up Diagram to make the block diagram easier to read