I recently obtained a few HP ESP114A server power supplies I intend to use for an induction heater project. These supplies are available as a surplus parts from recycling old servers and are really quite powerful for the low price …
I have the following programmer (a chinese clone actually, however it is equivalent): http://www.fischl.de/usbasp/ I have happily used it on my older WinXP computer, but as that computer has been retired I came across a problem of installing it …
There have been many low-cost Arduino boards with CH340 converter available recently. CH340 is a USB to UART/TTL converter made by WCH (Win Chip Head ? / www.wch.cn / www.wch-ic.com). The converter replaces the costlier FT232 / PL2303 / CP2102 …