[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 ...

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 ...

Optional software plug-ins are available or in development for a range of non-JTAG ISP devices, which includes Altera EPCS and Xilinx configuration SPROMs, Microchip PIC, Atmel AVR plus other ...

"The Art Controller is an open-source, hackable relay board that can be reprogrammed. "While no programming is required— the microcontroller comes preprogrammed to do everything listed above ...