I'v got good results with the Wisp628 programmer :

http://www.voti.nl/wisp628/index.html.

You can built it from scratch using your own components,
buy a component kit, or buy a ready-built programmer.

Jan-Erik.

faisal moro wrote:

>hi all
>
>i started looking for a free programmer to build by myself on the
>net, and got lost in 10 minutes: isp, bootloader, could someone
>please explain me these?
>Isp seems a cool feature, but do i have to "sacrify" pins?
>Then, what is a bootloader?
>I need to find a free programmer that works wit IC-Prog (or whatever)
>and that i can build by myself, with the plus of isp.
>
>What does your experience suggest?
>
>Thanks a lot!
>
>Faisal

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