 If you need to use a surface mount IC on a breadboard, there's a variety of adapter boards out there. If you need to use some 1206 or 0805 SMD components in the breadboard world, all you need is a couple header pins and some solder. Snap off a pair of 0.1 inch header pins and add just a touch of solder to the short end of each pin. A little bit of tack flux on each pin will help keep the part centered for soldering. And we might as well add another drop of tack flux on each component pad to direct the solder flow where we need it to go. For the actual soldering, I briefly heat both pins simultaneously with the side of the iron's tip. If the joints look solid and there's no bridges, then it's plug and play. They actually look kind of cool.