Arduino as ISP Shield v1.0

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Initially, I was thrilled with the release of the Arduino as ISP sketch. For a year, I used a breadboarded version alongside a zif socket and wires to bypass the bootloader and burn sketches directly onto the chip. However, this setup soon became tedious. Thus, I decided to create a dedicated PCB for better convenience. The first prototype had some issues that the current one addresses. Improvements include: a resistor slot to disable auto-reset, larger holes accommodating a ZIF socket, and the option to use either a ceramic resonator or crystal. Credit goes to Evil Mad Scientist's ISP Shield Kit for the 100Ω resistor disabling auto-reset idea. To replicate this project, you will need: 2x 1kΩ resistors, 1x 100Ω resistor, an RGB Common Cathode LED, two sets of 1x8 straight break away header pins, one set of 1x6 straight break away header pins, another set of 2x3 straight break away header pins, a 28 pin ZIF socket (or a 28 pin DIP socket if you're up for a challenge), and either a 16MHz ceramic resonator or a 16MHz crystal, along with two 22pF capacitors.