Here’s a relevant blog entry about it.
For flashing the bootloader I recommend the very affordable USBtinyISP by adafruit. Just program and upload as usual with the Arduino IDE and a USB/TTL converter like this or that. If you have trouble to upload code with the Arduino IDE, maybe auto-reset doesn’t work. There’s a Perl script that enables auto-reset with FTDI USB/serial adapter cables. There’s also the option to upload code by manually resetting the board as described here.
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you have any left?
this is great work!!!
A few are left.
What are those female headers called? I’ve been trying to figure this out for a while.
Called? I could give you the German name for them, but that wouldn’t help I guess. For me they’re just ‘female headers’ when I use the English language ;-) There are the cheap ones (square pins) and the ‘precision’ / ‘machined’ types (round pins). The 10pin female headers used on the board are the cheap ones, the 8pin headers are the ‘better’ ones.
http://www.ladyada.net/wiki/partselector/header