Turning an Arduino of virtually any sort into a simple AVR 6-pin ISP programmer is old hat. But when Atmel came out with a series of really tiny AVR chips, the ATtiny10 and friends with only six ...

The tutorial is fairly straightforward, and even demonstrates how the Arduino can be used as an ISP for the ATtiny, removing the need to purchase a standalone programmer.

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.