Bare Arduino
This tutorial walks you through getting the atmega328p on a breadboard. You get the benefit of the software, but without any of the extra hardware that you don't need/want.
The arduino without the arduino (just the microcontroller)
https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Standalone
FTDI
You can use an FTDI serial converter to program the atmega328p right on the board.
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Created by kluong on 2016/01/19 00:45.