How many have found the 555 so easy to use and inspired so many circuits that now end up on one chip, A great loss but will go down in history, The only shame is will future generations even know of the 555?
555 timer brings up 720,000 hits on Google. How many can claim an influence so profound? Hans, we hardly knew ye, but thanks for the 555, and all the best to your family! Your legacy lives on, embodied in silicon!
His book, Designing Analog Chips 2005 edition is a free download, a very accessible exposition of integrated circuit technology.
Understanding how the 555 works is in and of itself a great starting point for a well rounded EE education.
I'd been using the 555 for years but it was a while before I was confused by hearing it referred to as the "triple nickel". I used it in the conductivity measurement circuit for "Earth Measurements" in Stamps in Class.
His book, Designing Analog Chips 2005 edition is a free download, a very accessible exposition of integrated circuit technology.
Understanding how the 555 works is in and of itself a great starting point for a well rounded EE education.
I'd been using the 555 for years but it was a while before I was confused by hearing it referred to as the "triple nickel". I used it in the conductivity measurement circuit for "Earth Measurements" in Stamps in Class.
RIP
Too bad, another loss of another great analog designer. The free book is a GREAT read, bridging the gap between between the Forest Mims style cookbook type books (childhood favorites) and EE books that begin page 1 full of equations.
It is an analog world when you get down to it after all.
The free book is a GREAT read, bridging the gap between between the Forest Mims style cookbook type books (childhood favorites) and EE books that begin page 1 full of equations.
+1, and the early history of semiconductors and the Shockley/Bell/Fairchild drama adds some liveliness to the very useful but comparatively dry tech info that follows!
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That ain't old!
Guess you never really know the value of your t = ln(2)R2C1, so live each day like it's your last!
RIP and thanks!
C.W.
At least, being older than Chip, I will not have to read his obituary, and wonder would could have been...
something I didn't know. That's quite profound.
-Tor
-Phil
Understanding how the 555 works is in and of itself a great starting point for a well rounded EE education.
I'd been using the 555 for years but it was a while before I was confused by hearing it referred to as the "triple nickel". I used it in the conductivity measurement circuit for "Earth Measurements" in Stamps in Class.
RIP
Too bad, another loss of another great analog designer. The free book is a GREAT read, bridging the gap between between the Forest Mims style cookbook type books (childhood favorites) and EE books that begin page 1 full of equations.
It is an analog world when you get down to it after all.
+1, and the early history of semiconductors and the Shockley/Bell/Fairchild drama adds some liveliness to the very useful but comparatively dry tech info that follows!
Thank you Tracy for sharing that link.