Yeah, at some point, you need an electronics microscope a la EEVBlog, and a really fine tipped iron (fine tipped everything really). I've ton a bit of bodge wiring on SMD boards though for prototyping. My fanciest work was hooking up a WiFi module with equal length wires since it was fast, parallel lane SPI (SD something, can't remember what that protocol is called. EDIT: maybe it's just called "SD SPI", according to reading on wikipedia). The wires were stiff enough to hold the module up in the air though.
Yeah, at some point, you need an electronics microscope a la EEVBlog, and a really fine tipped iron (fine tipped everything really). I've ton a bit of bodge wiring on SMD boards though for prototyping. My fanciest work was hooking up a WiFi module with equal length wires since it was fast, parallel lane SPI (SD something, can't remember what that protocol is called. EDIT: maybe it's just called "SD SPI", according to reading on wikipedia). The wires were stiff enough to hold the module up in the air though.