A simple parallel port programmer using 74HCT244 will do.
If you prefer com port, check out PonyProg or other AVR ISP
compatible programmer as well.

Please also check the great AVR-GCC (WinAvr under windows).
The AVRfreaks (Http://www.avrfreaks.com) website is nice 
as well. Please also consider subscribe to AVR-GCC and AVR-LIBC
mailing list. People there are very helpful even though
you get so much traffic as here. Highly recommended.

Actually you do not even need a programmer, check out this
website.
http://www.siwawi.arubi.uni-kl.de/avr_projects/

With AVRs getting cheaper and cheaper than PICs, I think
I will need to check AVRs as well since my colleagues in
Germany are using AVRs exclusively.

Regards,
Xiaofan

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Blick [mailto:bblick@sonic.net]
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 10:40 AM
To: piclist@mit.edu
Subject: [AVR:] AVR Butterfly programmer


Since the new PIC offerings haven't impressed me, I have been 
considering other options. 

ATMEL was kind enough to give me an AVR Butterfly. It has a 6 
terminal ISP connector. Is there a simple programmer I can put 
together for it? The AVR device on it is an atmega169. I'll also need 
some software to drive the programmer.

I know if I do defect I'll need to get an STK500 and/or an ICE, but 
for now I just want to blink the LCD or beep the speaker.

Any links/suggestions?

Thanks,

Bob

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