Not sure if he still does it, but he used to send out GoodFET's free of charge so long as you'd build them. I've used his programmer to program multiple different chips and it is absolutely fantastic.
He still does, according to my experience getting a pair of GoodFET31s some time ago, and according to http://goodfet.sourceforge.net/:
> Hardware and software are available under the BSD license, and free-as-in-beer boards will be given to those who ask politely. Email Travis Goodspeed, travis at radiantmachines.com, to get involved.
The hardware is very simple and cheap, and the software stack and community is great. Travis is definitely a great guy.
