I was elated when the Arduino as ISP sketch was released. I spent about a year with a breadboarded version using zif socket and a nest of wires, bypassing the Arduino bootloader and burning my sketches straight to the chip. It didn't take long for this breadboard setup to become a cumbersome chore, so I decided to make a dedicated pcb to handle it. The first version had some issues that this one address. Improvements include: Place for a resistor to disable auto-reset Large enough holes to use a ZIF socket Credit should go to Evil Mad Scientist's ISP Shield Kit for the idea of using a 100? resistor to disable auto-reset.Parts required: 2x 1k? resistor 1x 100? resistor 1x LED - RGB Common Cathode 2x Straight Break Away Headers Pins 1x8 2x Straight Break Away Headers Pins 1x6 1x Straight Break Away Headers Pins 2x3 1x 28 pin ZIF socket (or 28 pin DIP socket... if you want to make your life harder) and either 1x Ceramic Resonator 16MHz OR 1x Crystal 16MHz 2x 22 pF capacitors