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 ...

Hats off to the care that went into design and execution. A really neat device, indeed. However, I do have to wonder how many people have a need for this sort of “in-field” MCU programming.

A new mid range in-circuit debugger and programmer has been unveiled by Atmel. The JTAGICE3 supports all Atmel AVR 8 and 32bit mcus and is said to be smaller, faster, and more robust than the previous ...