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Bob Pease died a year ago yesterday. What a loss for us analog heads who struggle to make our circuits work. His wealth of knowledge and experience seemed limitless. His insight and intuitive explanations helped so many engineers understand their circuits better.

I can’t say that I read every one of his columns. He often strayed far off his mainstream analog topics, waxing into lengthy discussions on hiking, sudden acceleration of cars and on and on. Sometimes these topics caused me to skip over the column. Other times I found it fascinating to peek into the curious, noisy mind of a genius. His quirkiness and eccentricity were legendary. All the more fun.

The marriage of Texas Instruments and National Semiconductor was a work in progress a year ago and we were officially prohibited from making contact with our new colleagues. I was so eager to reach out to Bob and ask a few questions. How disappointing it was that we missed by just a matter of weeks.

Please honor Bob by adding your comments below—maybe by mentioning a particularly memorable column, whether useful or quirky. And check out the “Remembering Bob Pease” page where you’ll find all of Bob’s stuff and links to last year’s comments from friends and colleagues.

RIP RAP,

Bruce

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  • Thank you Bruce for the opportunity to honor analog design giant Bob Pease in this era of digital circuits’ domination. I would like to consider myself among the many privileged analog design engineers that had the opportunity to read his columns and his publications in the last few decades, in hopes of embracing his thought process, and perhaps even gaining some of his wonderful insight to analog circuit design.

    Bob’s no nonsense engineering advice was the most valuable gift, which he generously shared with his audience. To understand not only what really makes a circuit function properly, but what makes the design flawless under all unforeseen circumstances was the Bob Pease’s magic. In my opinion, his cumulative experience was the foundation of his successful thought process, and his generosity to share it with millions of engineers around the world was his selflessness, that I have always admired about him.

    I’ve been a subscriber to Electronic Design magazine for a few decades now, and I used to look forward to Bob’s column, “much like the kid waiting for that new shining bike on Christmas morning.”     In fact, I used to check Bob’s column first, and had a few chuckles or a few “aha” moments, before reading the rest of the magazine articles. Thank you Bob, for showering us with so many gifts!     Frankly, reading the ED magazine will never be the same.

    Like many seasoned hardware design engineers, it is not very hard to conceive that Bob’s design experience and knowledge has been instrumental to our success, as well. We all owe Bob a great deal of respect and gratitude, and thank you Bob for your mentoring spirit.    

    May the Lord bless your spirit in the heavens above, and grant you with many pleasant heavenly hikes. We shall remember you in our hearts, and in our minds.

    Warren Karapetian

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  • Thank you Bruce for the opportunity to honor analog design giant Bob Pease in this era of digital circuits’ domination. I would like to consider myself among the many privileged analog design engineers that had the opportunity to read his columns and his publications in the last few decades, in hopes of embracing his thought process, and perhaps even gaining some of his wonderful insight to analog circuit design.

    Bob’s no nonsense engineering advice was the most valuable gift, which he generously shared with his audience. To understand not only what really makes a circuit function properly, but what makes the design flawless under all unforeseen circumstances was the Bob Pease’s magic. In my opinion, his cumulative experience was the foundation of his successful thought process, and his generosity to share it with millions of engineers around the world was his selflessness, that I have always admired about him.

    I’ve been a subscriber to Electronic Design magazine for a few decades now, and I used to look forward to Bob’s column, “much like the kid waiting for that new shining bike on Christmas morning.”     In fact, I used to check Bob’s column first, and had a few chuckles or a few “aha” moments, before reading the rest of the magazine articles. Thank you Bob, for showering us with so many gifts!     Frankly, reading the ED magazine will never be the same.

    Like many seasoned hardware design engineers, it is not very hard to conceive that Bob’s design experience and knowledge has been instrumental to our success, as well. We all owe Bob a great deal of respect and gratitude, and thank you Bob for your mentoring spirit.    

    May the Lord bless your spirit in the heavens above, and grant you with many pleasant heavenly hikes. We shall remember you in our hearts, and in our minds.

    Warren Karapetian

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