Philosophy
Bob Pease
August 22nd, 1940 to June 18th, 2011
"PASSINGS: Bob Pease"
Bob Pease, a Silicon Valley engineer and author on analog chip design, dies at 70
June 23rd, 2011
Los Angeles Times
Bob Pease, 70, a prominent Silicon Valley engineer and author of several books on analog chip design, died Saturday evening when his car crashed into a tree in Saratoga, Calif., southwest of San Jose.
Pease, who was not wearing a seat belt while driving his vintage Volkswagen Beetle, struck the tree head-on and died instantly, according to the California Highway Patrol. Authorities said Pease was coming out of the Mountain Winery driveway, but it was not clear if alcohol played a role in the crash.
A San Francisco resident known for his brilliant mind, eccentric personality and flowing white beard, Pease worked for 33 years as an analog chip designer at National Semiconductor Corp. in nearby Santa Clara.
Among his most important designs were a temperature-voltage frequency converter taken on medical research expeditions to Mt. Everest, a seismic pre-amplifier chip to gauge lunar ground tremors on NASA's Apollo missions to the moon and the LM337 negative voltage regulator.
Robert Allen Pease was born Aug. 22, 1940, in Rockville, Conn., and earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961.
He worked for George A. Philbrick Researches in Boston designing operational amplifiers, analog computing modules and voltage-frequency converters until 1976, when he moved to National Semiconductor. He left the company in 2009.
In addition to well-regarded scientific volumes such as "Troubleshooting Analog Circuits," Pease also wrote "Pease Porridge," a regular column for Electronic Design magazine.
He also was the author of "How to Drive Into Accidents — And How Not to."
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Philosophy
Deceased--Bob Pease
Bob PeaseAugust 22nd, 1940 to June 18th, 2011
"PASSINGS: Bob Pease"
Bob Pease, a Silicon Valley engineer and author on analog chip design, dies at 70
June 23rd, 2011
Los Angeles Times
Bob Pease, 70, a prominent Silicon Valley engineer and author of several books on analog chip design, died Saturday evening when his car crashed into a tree in Saratoga, Calif., southwest of San Jose.
Pease, who was not wearing a seat belt while driving his vintage Volkswagen Beetle, struck the tree head-on and died instantly, according to the California Highway Patrol. Authorities said Pease was coming out of the Mountain Winery driveway, but it was not clear if alcohol played a role in the crash.
A San Francisco resident known for his brilliant mind, eccentric personality and flowing white beard, Pease worked for 33 years as an analog chip designer at National Semiconductor Corp. in nearby Santa Clara.
Among his most important designs were a temperature-voltage frequency converter taken on medical research expeditions to Mt. Everest, a seismic pre-amplifier chip to gauge lunar ground tremors on NASA's Apollo missions to the moon and the LM337 negative voltage regulator.
Robert Allen Pease was born Aug. 22, 1940, in Rockville, Conn., and earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961.
He worked for George A. Philbrick Researches in Boston designing operational amplifiers, analog computing modules and voltage-frequency converters until 1976, when he moved to National Semiconductor. He left the company in 2009.
In addition to well-regarded scientific volumes such as "Troubleshooting Analog Circuits," Pease also wrote "Pease Porridge," a regular column for Electronic Design magazine.
He also was the author of "How to Drive Into Accidents — And How Not to."
- 100s Of Analog Signals Are Severed
KCTV TOWER And so chaos and frustration begins. "Hundreds of television stations cut analog signals" by Peter Svensson February 17th, 2009 Associated Press About a quarter of the nation's TV stations cut off their analog signals Tuesday, causing...
- Analog Broadcasting Signals Will Cease For Some
"Markets where many or all major-network stations plan to turn off analog transmissions next week are San Diego and Santa Barbara, Calif.; Providence; La Crosse and Madison, Wis.; Rockford, Ill.; Sioux City, Iowa; Waco, Texas; Macon, Ga.; Scranton, Pa.;...
- Dtv Officially Postponed
Four more months of chaos and cost. "Obama signs bill delaying switch to digital TV" Some stations have asked permission to turn off analog signals on the originally planned date -- Tuesday. by Jim Puzzanghera February 12TH, 2009 Los Angeles Times ...
- Deceased--mark Shepherd Jr.
Texas Instruments introduced the first handheld calculator in 1967. Mark Shepherd Jr. January 18th, 1923 to February 4th, 2009 I suppose one could say his insight into the replacement of vacuum tubes and understanding of the value of transistors and...
- Virtual Reality--educational Tool?
It's here to stay and far reaching possibilities already realized and for the future too: "Virtual Reality" technology. It's entertainment and a wonderful educational tool. I can't respond to the entertainment side for I don't get involved...