There are other ways: 1) buy a $3.5 avr usb programmer 2)ask a friend. Or: 3)use the rest of the pins from a usb to serial converter to bit bang your code into the programming microcontroller and ...

[Steve] created an AVR programmer using an old USB keyboard. We feature a bunch of AVR programmers, but this one is made from parts that many people will have lying around. There are two components… ...