HI
I see the arduino ISP is retired, I wanted to know if there is another way to flash Arduino Nano or Uno boards with some standalone system, not a laptop or so.
thanks
Please show us where you saw that.
Getting Started with the Arduino ISP | Arduino Documentation | Arduino Documentation
This is a retired product. The Arduino ISP is an In-System-Programmer that is used to program AVR microcontrollers. You can use the Arduino ISP to upload sketches directly on the AVR-based Arduino boards without the need of the bootloader.
Gammon Forum : Electronics : Microprocessors : Atmega bootloader programmer
There are other variations on this methodology out on the Internet. I built my own shield to pop on Mr. UNO with a ZIF socket and provision for Dupont jumpers for other uses.
AFAIK, Arduino ISP never supported “stand alone” programming, anyway.
basically everywhere on the arduino .cc website:
Once upon a time, Ladyada did a video on a homebrew programmer built from an UNO that did repeated burns for fuses and bootloader and 'blink' sketch that her staff used when selling the naked atmega328P-PU pre-programmed chip.
From by Windows batch program, I see little reason why a sketch could not do the same. I know we used a sketch-only to put the bootloader on the Maple-Mini.
/**
*
* Maple Mini bootloader updater sketch.
* Based on sketch from Gregwar for Robotis OpenCM9.04, which is based on Maple bootloader code.
*
* WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
* WARNING WARNING
* WARNING This comes with NO WARRANTY, you use it at your own risk WARNING
* WARNING WARNING
* WARNING Please read this warning text and the instructions below WARNING
* WARNING WARNING
* WARNING Running this sketch will erase your bootloader replace it WARNING
* WARNING with the new STM32duino bootloader WARNING
* WARNING WARNING
* WARNING Only use this sketch with Maple mini boards. WARNING
* WARNING WARNING
* WARNING Note. If your bootloader does get messed up, it is possible WARNING
* WARNING to reflash using an external USB to Serial adaptor or another WARNING
* WARNING Arduino board (to act as a USB to Serial device) WARNING
* WARNING WARNING
* WARNING For more information see www.stm32duino.com WARNING
* WARNING WARNING
* WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
*
*
* Instructions.
*
* Upload this sketch onto your Maple mini.
*
* After upload the LED on the board should start to flash slowly (on for 1 sec off for 1 sec)
*
* Open the Serial Monitor and follow the on screen instructions
*
* If the version of the bootloader that is contained in this sketch is already installed,
* a message is displayed and you will not be prompted to update.
*
* If prompted to update, press Y to agree and reflash the bootloader
*
* After the update has finished, the sketch will wait for you to manually reset the board
* or to upload a new sketch
*
* If you just reset the board. This sketch will run again, as it will not be touched by the bootloader update
* However it will display the message to indicate that this bootloader has already been installed
*
* For support please register to www.stm32duino.com
*
* Credit goes to Victor PV, Matthis, Ray.
*
* For source code and binaries for the bootloader see
* www.github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/stm32duino-bootloader
*
* See also www.rogerclark.net
*
*/
// Data of bootloader
const char maple_mini_boot20[7036] = {
hm you are right. missed that somehow.
just checked the adafruit isp stuff most use a PC. just the one shield but that requires you to remove the chip.. not really what i'm looking for. ( and mostly not even possible like on nano board. )
I was more thinking of a device that connects to the icsp. The idea is to flash a board that is installed offsite in a device and can't be removed. also if for example I want to send a update to a friend or so who doesnt have IDE and all the libraries etc.. so basically the simplest possible way to update for any dummy. just plug it in and push a button. Maybe some Uno Shield with a sdcard reader would be cool.
If you want something ready made:
http://www.crossroadsfencing.com/BobuinoRev17/Programmer.html
If there is no pc what code do you expect to program?
I think I must be missing what you are expecting... or expecting to do with it..
I have an Atmel Dragon ... which is now obsolete, but it has worked well for me for a bunch of years...
I know I've seen various programmers that have been home built, simple isp to hv programmers...
A diy project?
Asking a non-technical person to connect anything to the ICSP connector is going to be risky, because you need to ensure that the connector is aligned properly, and putting it on rotated 180 degrees may damage the board and the programmer. You are also adding the additional step of needing to put the code onto the programmer, or onto a properly formatted micro SD card.
A self-contained program that runs on the PC, and updates the board via the standard USB interface, would likely be the simplest method.
yeah thats it. ok could be cheaper 
or a DIY board. but yes thats what i am looking for
of course you put a indexed plug on and precompile the program that you send.. or send a SD card with the program on. or just send the ISP with all set, just plug and play
You don't need to remove the chip, or use the Adafruit board with the ZIF socket, a cable or socket that plugs into the ICSP connector would work as well.
Adafruit has a tutorial on a stand-alone version of the programmer, although it is somewhat limited in how much code it can store. https://learn.adafruit.com/standalone-avr-chip-programmer
Once upon a time, I wrote "Optiloader", a stand-alone sketch designed for "bulk programming" of ATmega8, ATmega168, ATmega328P boards with the (then new) Optiboot bootloader. Plug in the ISP connector (the right way around, hopefully), hit the reset button, and a few seconds later it was done.
Other people thought it was an interesting idea, and both Adafruit and Nick Gammon did "improved" versions. (I think they're better documented, too.)
For some reason, reprogramming old Arduinos with the new bootloader never caught on, so the code has ... languished. (Although it did get renamed from a .pde to a .ino, and picked up a couple of bug fixes...)
Commercially, I believe that the Microchip PICKit 4 has a feature that they call "Programmer to go" that does what you're talking about.
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too bad they don't answer. I wanted to buy one.
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