Patent ID: 7743335

Claim:
A method for creating a graphical program, wherein the method operates in a computer system including a display device and a user input device, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of interconnected nodes of the graphical program on the display device, wherein the plurality of interconnected nodes visually indicates functionality of the graphical program, wherein the graphical program is stored in memory of the computer system, wherein the plurality of interconnected nodes includes a first node configurable to access one or more physical registers of a hardware device coupled to the computer system; displaying information on the display device indicating a plurality of physical registers of the hardware device; receiving user input selecting one or more of the physical registers of the hardware device; and in response to the user input selecting the one or more registers, configuring the first node to access the selected one or more physical registers of the hardware device, wherein the first node accesses the one or more physical registers of the hardware device during execution of the graphical program.