Perhaps I am asking a question with a very obvious answer. Regardless, hopefully someone who is thinking straight might be able to help.
I'm a through-hole sort of guy. Always used through hole. But you see, I am designing an ultra-rugged Arduino board fully equipped with some of the best components in the world. (125C 100V caps, Ceramic/Metal Resistors, etc.) It's going to be able to withstand the worse.
Regardless, I am working on the circuit design and I realized "Oh shoot, I need to use an SMD crystal on this board. It's a 16Mhz crystal but has a super low PPM and is high temp rated. So, I've never used SMD before.
How do I get an SMD component on a board that is otherwise through hole. All the leads would be on the bottom and this would be on the top and...maybe it's just too late for me to think straight.
What basic PCB concept am I missing right now? How do I integrate this SMD component in this application or in any other application (for future reference)?
Thanks.
I'm a through-hole sort of guy. Always used through hole. But you see, I am designing an ultra-rugged Arduino board fully equipped with some of the best components in the world. (125C 100V caps, Ceramic/Metal Resistors, etc.) It's going to be able to withstand the worse.
Regardless, I am working on the circuit design and I realized "Oh shoot, I need to use an SMD crystal on this board. It's a 16Mhz crystal but has a super low PPM and is high temp rated. So, I've never used SMD before.
How do I get an SMD component on a board that is otherwise through hole. All the leads would be on the bottom and this would be on the top and...maybe it's just too late for me to think straight.
What basic PCB concept am I missing right now? How do I integrate this SMD component in this application or in any other application (for future reference)?
Thanks.