How to make and use the arduino as an Isp for an ATtiny 45/85

In this instructable I will show you how you can make your own Atting programming shield for the arduino and then use the arduino as a programmer.
Usually If you don't have a shield you can do a breadboard version to program the ATtiny. (Step1)
But here I'll show you how to program it and with a couple of components make a nice shield for the arduino, which makes programming much easier!

For more information on how to program the ATtiny click on: MIT High-Low Tech web page.

Hopefully you will be familiarized with the arduino environment, if not more info at Arduino.cc
And still, it's quite easy to set everything up.

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Step 1: Materials

Well, all the things you will need to make the shield are:

X1 3mm Red LED
X1 3mm Green LED
X1 10uf 50V electrolytic capacitor
X1 8-pin 0.3" socket
X1 SPST tactile switch
X1 220 ohm resistor
X2 Male pin headers
X2 4-pin female sockets
X1 ATtiny 45 or 85

Things you might all ready have and will be needed:

Soldering Iron
Solder
Tweezers

And of course your Arduino, I made it on the Arduino UNO R2.