Ha ha! Yes, I was very pleasantly surprised at how easy it is. I am actually kicking myself for not having tried surface mount ten years ago. Stupid really. But I guess you get used to what you're doing and sometimes you don't want to change what works.
But in this case, going to surface mount has some challenges but they can all be overcome. As long as the board isn't too big or uses the really small SMD components.
The AD5290 is a TSSOp which is very small to handle with tweezers. It can be positioned but it is really difficult. So I am making a jig that will help me to place it. I shall let you know how that goes.
But as always Gordon, your questions are always a strong indication of your insight. So why the heck didn't you tell me to try SMD earlier? Eh?
/Mike
From: "Gordonjcp gordon@... [korgpolyex]" <korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com>
To: "Michael Hawkins korgpolyex800@... [korgpolyex]" <korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2016 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] AtomaHawk - new hardware version in final testing
On Sun, Jun 05, 2016 at 03:45:14PM +0000, Michael Hawkins korgpolyex800@... [korgpolyex] wrote:
> So, I went looking for a new through hole chip that could be used but alas I was completely unable to find one. What I did find was a far better device but it is only available in surface mount. I finally had to go through the process of figuring out how hard (or not) it is to create surface mount boards in small quantities.
... and you found it's actually way, way easier than through-hole?
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