On the other hand if you already have the Arduino, fetch the avr.isp.03 firmware and AVRdude. Then program a device, for example an ATtiny13 using the Ardunio as the programmer.

There are a ton of homebrew AVR programmers out there, and using an Arduino for ISP is quite popular. But recently we searched for a way to use the Launchpad as a programmer and didn’t find one.

Arduino programmers, makers and developers that are looking for a small Arduino Programmer device might be interested in the VisiPort2. The VisiPort2 is a USB To Serial module that has been ...