We use a dedicated external programmer the USBasp for burning the bootloader. A port for direct connection with the USBasp has been provided on the ArduDIY. You can also use this to upload code to the ...

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Since you have an AVR USBasp programmer in hand,is it possible to upload bootloader and/or program code to Arduino using the same USB asp programmer, instead of the proven methods described earlier?

So if you wanted to build your own PIC dev-board (like this one) you can use your Arduino to flash the bootloader. This post comes hot on the heels of the Arduino being used as a PIC 16F programmer.

This fully compatible alternative to the Arduino bootloader requires an AVR ISP programmer to burn it to the chip on your Arduino.

May be interested in a new Arduino prototyping kit and bootloader shield that has been created by serial Kickstarter entrepreneur Patrick Thomas Mitchell, who we have featured before here on Geeky ...