SimmStick - 15 Years On.

We still have a few SimmStick boards left at throw out prices.

Basically these are bare prototype printed circuit boards for your PIC,  AVR or other micro projects.

Boards are now priced from $1AUD to $3AUD. Currently this is almost the same as the USD.

Cheap SimmSticks & Motherboards What can we use them for?

Any project that needs the following:

• Target Boards for PIC or AVR Projects.
• Parallel port.
• Serial port.
• Motherboard for SimmSticks.
• Power supply.
• LEDs, Switches, Relays, I2C bus, with interfacing to popular PIC and AVR Micros.

   

$1 Boards:

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DT007 Motherboard (Power & RS-232)
Cat No: DT007

Assembly and Schematics

SimmStick DT007 Motherboard
Market price: AUD$10.00
Our price: AUD$1.00 (USD$ 1.05) (€uro 0.73), save 90%

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DT104 (1" Atmel/AVR)
Cat No: DT104

The DT104 suits both the old and new (AVR) Atmel 20 pin icros. It was the first commercially released proto board for the AVR family (Circa June-97) and is based on the SimmStick Platform.
Market price: AUD$8.00
Our price: AUD$1.00 (USD$ 1.04) (€uro 0.79), save 88%
NOTE *** Australian Residents: If Applicable, 10% GST is added to the price, after you have logged in.

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DT201 (1")
Cat No: DT201

Assembly and Schematics

DT201: One Inch Prototype board.
Market price: AUD$8.00
Our price: AUD$1.00 (USD$ 1.05) (€uro 0.73), save 88%

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DT207 (1")
Cat No: DT207

Assembly and Schematics

DT207 SimmStick Power Supply and RS-232 Comms.
Market price: AUD$8.00
Our price: AUD$1.00 (USD$ 1.05) (€uro 0.73), save 88%

$2 Boards:

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DT004 Motherboard (Parallel Port)
Cat No: DT004

Assembly and Schematics

SimmStick DT004 Motherboard
Market price: AUD$15.00
Our price: AUD$2.00 (USD$ 2.09) (€uro 1.46), save 87%

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DT107 (2" Atmel/AVR)
Cat No: DT107

Assembly and Schematics

DT107 40 pin Atmel (8515) and 28 pin Atmel SimmStick.
Market price: AUD$11.00
Our price: AUD$2.00 (USD$ 2.09) (€uro 1.46), save 82%

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DT203 (2")
Cat No: DT203

Assembly and Schematics

DT203 LEDs and Switches on a SimmStick Bus.
Market price: AUD$11.00
Our price: AUD$2.00 (USD$ 2.09) (€uro 1.46), save 82%

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DT204 (2")
Cat No: DT204

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Expansion board for SimmStick Bus. 2" Module.
Market price: AUD$11.00
Our price: AUD$2.00 (USD$ 2.09) (€uro 1.46), save 82%

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DT205 (2")
Cat No: DT205

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DT205 Relay board for 4 relays.
Market price: AUD$15.00
Our price: AUD$2.00 (USD$ 2.09) (€uro 1.46), save 87%

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DT208 (.5") by 5
Cat No: DT208 (.5

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DT208 SimmStick Adapter Board. This will allow you to convert "Fat" boards into the SimmStick standard thickness very easily. Grab 5 at this crazy price.
Market price: AUD$20.00
Our price: AUD$2.00 (USD$ 2.09) (€uro 1.46), save 90%

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SimmStick Product Sell Off. 5-December-2010

Looking for a dirt cheap bare prototype printed circuit board for your PIC or AVR project?
We have decided to sell off the remaining SimmStick board stock that we have at rock bottom prices, and these prices start at One Dollar for the small boards, Two Dollars for the medium boards, and Three Dollars for the large boards. Quantity discounts still apply.

See: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/simmstick-and-related.html for a full listing.

Many boards are close to selling out. Others, we have thousands still in stock. Normal postage is payable on all SimmStick Boards.

Question: How do I find the info-data page for a specific SimmStick?

Answer: Tis simple, and the pages have never changed since 1995.
Example: dt101 is at http://www.dontronics.com/dt101.html

US Customers:
US Postal surcharge, Please read:
http://www.dontronics.com/pdf/APO_US_surcharge.pdf
Unfortunately we have to pay an extra $9AUD for every package that is above 453 Grams (16 Ounces) to the US. If your package is over the 16 Ounces, we will ask you for the extra $9AUD.

End Of Life Product. 17-Aug-2008

Please Note **** SimmStick is no longer being produced.
When stock runs out, there will not be any more boards manufactured.

See: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/simmstick-ten-years-on.html

Using SimmSticks again
Username: bluehairbob
Message: via Dontronics Message Board 5-Aug-2008

I see that there has been no activity on this board for a long time. Perhaps that is how it should be - perhaps no one should use SimmSticks anymore - but I don't think so!

I am a software engineer and recently had a problem that I thought my old SimmSticks would be perfect for. So, i pulled them out of the garage and took them to work and started up again. Within a few hours i had a solution using entirely off-the-shelf SimmSticks and a PIC16F84 at 4 MHz. Now that i have the prototype done, the company will layout a board and build at least 50 of them. SimmSticks rock!

Being as I can't seem to do anything without writing something about it, I have a new website at www.bigbluesparx.com where i am updating anyinformation I come with.

It isn't like i am trying to breathe life back into SimmStick development, but I like them! And, now, what if i replace that old F84 with an 16F88? 4x the program space and ability to run a bootloader? We will see what happens.

Is anybody else still using SimmSticks?

20-Aug-2008
Here is a URL to the page where I show more details and pictures.
It works great!  I just wish I actually had a programmer that would do I2C eeproms as well.  That may be my next project.

SimmStick - Ten Years On.

It was 1996 when we designed and sold our first SimmStick. The prices have remained the same for all these years, but there have been some some recent changes. On many products, the prices have dropped dramatically.

Why? Parallel and Serial port programmers, and interfaces are fast becoming dinosaurs. Everything is going USB. Even our own range of products reflect this.

As such, we have decided to offer a 50% discount on all current SimmStick motherboards until sold out.
We may extend this offer to other selected SimmSticks.

We offer our dealers the same price, 50% off until sold out. Please contact us for ordering information.

DT0xx Kits with parts:
(Not available to dealers)

We do have a limited numbers of DT motherboards with kits of parts included:
DT001
DT003
DT004
DT006
These are all 50% off until sold out.

Sales of micro target boards such as the PIC DT101, DT106, and AVR DT104, and DT107, are still selling reasonably well, and we will continue to support these at the current prices.

Cheap SimmSticks and Motherboards What can we use them for?

Any project that needs the following:

• Target board for PIC or AVR Micro.
• Parallel port.
• Serial port.
• Motherboard for SimmSticks.
• Power supply.
• Any combination of the above with interfacing to popular PIC and AVR Micros.

The Future:

We have thousands of Simm Sockets in stock, which will allow us to support customers for a few years to come. Male and female headers will always be available, so these can be used as an alternative to the Simm Sockets.

We don't look like moving to Lead free SimmStick PCB's at this stage, but this will be under review, as we still have thousands of boards in stock. If we run out of stock on boards that are selling well, me may get them manufactured lead free.

Don McKenzie
Dontronics.com