I don't do a lot of electronics and I never tryed SMD... But if I have to buy microscope and specialised hardware for a single project it might not be worth it :) After what you're telling me I might reconsider and check out what SMD really involves as it might be easier than what I think ...
It seems to be impossible to order this outside of japan at the moment.
So I'm trying to evaluate other options...
How hard would it be no update the design to avoid using surface mount components ?
:D high speed in retro-computing way... 500kB/s would be just great...
Intended use case is communication between an Apple //e & a raspberry.
It's open source but if I can solder big electronics, I have never done surface soldering (or whatever its named) and I had the feeling most of...