The USnooBie is a microcontroller kit that does not require any sort of AVR programmer or USB-to-serial converters to load and run compiled code. It's hardware design allows the user to develop low cost USB devices with Atmel's AVR ATmega microcontrollers. It can also be used to develop projects which are not USB devices. It is even [compatible with Arduino](http://www.frank-zhao.com/usnoobie/arduino.php). In addition to the project's website see also the [Seeed Studio Garden page](http://garden.seeedstudio.com/Usnoobie_Kit).