SMD is not all that difficult to BreadBoard
if you use surfboards to solder the SMD onto first. Surfboards are small PCB the size of DIP
packages with pads for the SMD, and pins where the DIP would have them.
I have soldered even 25 mil spaced , 150 pin
SMD packages by just using a small soldering iron at home provided you do have a proper surf board or PCB.
SMDs that are 50 mil spaced are not a lot more difficult to solder that regular DIPS.
SMDs also have tha advantage of being very-very easy desolder of a discarded circuit board
with a heat gun or something. DIPS would be a lot more difficult to desolder in this case.
So, it is really not all that difficult to used
SMD parts
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SMD is not all that difficult to BreadBoard if you use surfboards to solder the SMD onto first. Surfboards are small PCB the size of DIP packages with pads for the SMD, and pins where the DIP would have them. I have soldered even 25 mil spaced , 150 pin SMD packages by just using a small soldering iron at home provided you do have a proper surf board or PCB. SMDs that are 50 mil spaced are not a lot more difficult to solder that regular DIPS. SMDs also have tha advantage of being very-very easy desolder of a discarded circuit board with a heat gun or something. DIPS would be a lot more difficult to desolder in this case. So, it is really not all that difficult to used SMD parts