Summary

Situation : you're on the side of the force (the ATmel side) but you're tempted by the dark side (the PIC) yet you son't want to sell your soul. Not ready yet to make a coming out and buy a programmer, you just want a taste a PIC and see if it could fill your needs where the ATmega/ATtiny stop (specially in terms of USB support). In short, you'd like to program your PIC with a ATmega.
For me as I said, I want USB connectivity, since although 100 tests with V-USB I never managed to have it work :( and the PIC with USB support are sooooo cheap and available in Japan. So this was in my head for a few weeks now (with lots of other ideas) ... when I ran into this post of a gentleman who implemented it! (Many thanks to him for sharing!)
Now I have to order some pics to Akizukidenshi to test (^。^)♪

Links

• The link on howto program a pic with an atmega or arduino (he explains how to program a PIC24, I need PIC18...) http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3093#p32734
• Another way on howto-programm-a-pic-with-atmega http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,92929.0.html
• A guy anti-pic but open enough to see the good sides http://dorkbotpdx.org/blog/feurig/t_a_d_a_through_hole_arduino_compatible_design
• The victim PIC18F14K50 with USB for 170 JPY
  • Buy http://akizukidenshi.com/catalog/g/gI-03031/
  • Doc http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en533924
• A sample from Microchip USB-to-Serial but not for exactly the right pic model... http://www.microchipc.com/sourcecode/#pic18f4550usb
• Some guys that made it with the correct chip, looks nice http://jallib.blogspot.com/2009/06/pic-18f4k50-usb-interface-board-part-1.html
• Some other guy made it again, same chip ... http://jeselectronics.com/?p=164