IC design master Bob Pease dead in car crash
IC design master Bob Pease dead in car crash
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Bob Pease died in a car crash on his way home from the memorial service for Jim Williams, a friend and likewise analogue design guru, yesterday.
In one week, we have lost two of the most proficient profiles in analogue design. I am very sad for both of them. But also glad that I had some contact with them. My lab wall has two pictures. One of Jim (his bench was my excuse) and one of Bob (my excuse not to shave every day).
In one week, we have lost two of the most proficient profiles in analogue design. I am very sad for both of them. But also glad that I had some contact with them. My lab wall has two pictures. One of Jim (his bench was my excuse) and one of Bob (my excuse not to shave every day).
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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His historical stories about tobacco tying and such, where very illuminating. His Himalaya stories were fascinating.
If ever there was an example of Hitler's Revenge!
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
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RAP once explained to me about why an asic had been discontinued by National, and what my alternatives were. I'd sent an email to the plant asking that question, and he was the guy who knew the circuit (his design). I was sorta floored that he even bothered to call me back. We then digressed into discussions about level sensing in general (this particular asic was useful for detecting/controlling liquid levels), and methods. His discussion and digression (I distinctly recall a tired ear when our phone conversation ended) led me down a completely seperate path, which ended up being a faster, better, and (marvel of marvels) cheaper solution to my problem than where I'd started, and one that didn't require purchasing of any silicon devices more complex than a diode.
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Keith Cress
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Simulation was really bad once when computers ran at 4.77 MHz clock. But SPICE was there. Crude, slow, with low resolution. Bob had a hell explaining to ignorants that reality was to be trusted, not SPICE. Bob once wrote that computers could be of some use as book ends. He was not impressed by computers and he was not impressed by more or less ignorant 'puter jockeys.
He assumed (bad word, you know) that most people that were paid for what they did also were as good in their trades as he was is his. So, when a not-so-bright (which is usually the case) IT support guy couldn't deliver in expected time and if Bob had a deadline to meet, I am sure he could create hell. I do. And I am sure that you also do that sometimes, Smoked.
He was a character. Yes. And that is why he is known, respected, even loved. He was a celebrity. It is a well known fact that people that get in contact with celebrities tend to gossip. This factoid about Bob creating hell on earth is a good (or bad) example of that.
We are all human, aren't we? Bob was very human.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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What was uniquely-Pease was that he had trimmed my two sheets of paper down into near-random shapes approximately following the outline shape of my paragraphs. Perhaps he wanted to keep the weight of his return letter to an absolute minimum.
It's tragic that he died in such circumstances. At least he enjoyed a full and very productive life, and his unique way of thinking has influenced many.
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Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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"He wrote back with a short note scrawled directly onto the back of my original letter. ...he had trimmed my two sheets of paper down into near-random shapes approximately following the outline shape of my paragraphs."
Yes! I found a few letters.
See http://www.gke.org/pub/files/Bobs_letters.JPG
He was very "immediate" and I guess he had written something that he later didn't really mean and since he was always using ink, all he could do was to cut paper away.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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Keith Cress
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He passed out two posters of himself in costume. From memory, one looked like a 1900's military band leader and the other a Russian fur trapper. This shows the importance of having a really goof PR guy. Shortly after this a newspaper had a good size picture of a wizard at a festival. It looked just like Bob and would have made a better poster. It went up on the wall with my only other two pictures, Steinmetz & Einstein together, and a Bedard poster Sitting Duck (duck on a beach blanket surrounded by gators). Each holds meaning. Hope no one takes this the wrong way. Its great that Bob had a celebrity phase. Been a long time reader of Bob's column and he will always be on my wall.