Analog guru Jim Williams dies after stroke

tdlivings

http://www.edn.com/article/518496-Analog_guru_Jim_Williams_dies_after_stroke.php

He will be missed

Edit to add an interesting video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ODi7qSpYg

Tom

Publison

Tom,

Thanks for sharing that. I would have probably missed it.

He was my favorite author in the 80's when I read every single EDN. I still have his articles cut out and archived.

He defiantly will be missed.

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

Jim Williams was the lion of linear (and Linear) technology. His columns, articles, and appnotes have informed and inspired me for many, many years. And now his passing has created a none-too-subtle disturbance in the Force. He will be missed.

-Phil

P.S. Note to Robert Pease: please take care of your health. We need you now more than ever!

Tracy Allen

The article and followup comments are heartfelt, and I want to add my thanks and tribute too. It is remarkable that Jim Williams did not have formal training in electronics or electrical engineering, but more than compensated with an uncanny intuition and years of experience at the forefront of instrumentation and applications. His sense for precision and practicality spilled over into all the products from Linear Technology, top notch stuff. I learned so much by studying his circuit ideas.
A list of his EDN design ideas through 2008.

What a desk!