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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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  • I loved Bob's hand-written schematics on a napkin or a piece of scrap paper; he truly had a deep understanding of the circuit functionality down to the core of the transistors that made up the IC. Bob's insights were and will continue to inspire all engineers, not just analog weenies like me, but any engineer who wants to learn the thought process that goes into designing and fully understanding how and why a circuit functions or doesn't function in many cases.

    Thanks Bruce, for the opportunity to let TI's audience give their experiences about Bob. All of these comments will help us to understand more about the man we honor today

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  • I loved Bob's hand-written schematics on a napkin or a piece of scrap paper; he truly had a deep understanding of the circuit functionality down to the core of the transistors that made up the IC. Bob's insights were and will continue to inspire all engineers, not just analog weenies like me, but any engineer who wants to learn the thought process that goes into designing and fully understanding how and why a circuit functions or doesn't function in many cases.

    Thanks Bruce, for the opportunity to let TI's audience give their experiences about Bob. All of these comments will help us to understand more about the man we honor today

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