True, wiring a bread board would take some time but do you really think it's a good idea to produce a PCB without any testing first? I could just see a $150-ish expense for PCBs that don't work and then we still need to fight wiring and soldering which would now take even longer. I just normally get something on the bench working first, then start to translate the breadboard to CAD or schematic. Or am I making this a bigger production then it needs to be? It is really small and should be pretty simple I would assume. I guess what I'm asking is do you guys feel confident as creating PCBs without any testing first? I'm all for it then. I just know what happens when I don't do any testing - I end up having really cool but expensive PCB coasters for my desk. ;-)
I do like TQFP though! I just assumed PLCC for wiring convenience.
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