The Arduino ICSP Programmer allows you to create your very own Arduino board, simply connect the programmer to your Arduino compatible board and start uploading your boot loader or sketch.

We found this Arduino AVR ISP programmer particularly interesting. AVR microcontrollers can utilize an interface called In-System-Programming. ISP allows the chip to be programmed or reprogrammed ...

Arduino explain: “The Arduino ISP is an In-System-Programmer that is used to program AVR microcontrollers.

[Minifloat] is using his TI Launchpad development board as an In-System Programmer for AVR chips (translated). There are a ton of homebrew AVR programmers out there, and using an Arduino for ISP ...