Nacimiento Software Corp. today announced the release of AppletVIEW Toolkit 1.0, a product used to develop Java applets that communicate over the Web through virtual instrumentation servers to instruments and devices.

The AppletVIEW Toolkit facilitates the creation of graphical user interfaces that are used to access and control electrical or mechanical systems via the Internet or intranets. Engineers and scientists using the AppletVIEW Toolkit can develop Java applets which can be used as "virtual control panels" for existing instrumentation systems.

As a cross-platform solution, the AppletVIEW Toolkit enables standard Web browsers to be used to control and monitor ongoing experiments, processes, machines, test equipment, instruments, and other physical devices from any location.

The AppletVIEW Toolkit is a drag-and-drop programming tool that automatically generates Java applets. Sliders, knobs, graphs and other controls are dragged-and-dropped within the applet building tool to create the GUI.