which programmer to buy so i can follow the tutorials?

hello all,

i have a laptop with no serial or parallel ports and unfortunately don’t have access to a stationary PC on a regular basis. i wanted to know which programmer to get without blowing the budget on a usb programmer (starving student). i saw the FT232RL breakout board and I’m wondering if it can be used in conjunction with a cheap serial programmer?

thanks!

Surely a USBtinyISP fits your bugdet?

http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_ … ucts_id=46

thanks for the link, this looks like what i’m after!