Very, very sad news. I have been to a few of his lectures and can say that this man was an original. He presented with an overhead projector (the analog presentation method). I don't know what it is about the analog gurus, they seem to live a mildly tortured life. Bob Pease is my favorite, second only to Bob Widlar. That guys stories are so far out there. Pease did a writeup of some of his most memorable stuff... makes me wish I were there when it happened. I can only say that I am glad I met Pease in his time here on Earth... RIP my friend.
http://www.national.com/rap/Story/widlar.html
I would recommend a used Tektronix digital scope. For simple needs up to 100MHz even at 4 channels you can find one for under $1k. If you want to go real cheap grab a TDS210. I think that was the first of the small portable digital scopes they made and without probes they can be had for $300. For a 4ch 100MHz color scope look for a TDS2014, that is what I use every day and it suits me fine for low speed designs. For a good place to find used gear check out http://www.testequity.com/ and http://www.naptech.com/
Holy crap. You just spelled out my daily reccuring nightmare with my project. I am not however an IT prof. I am an Electrical Engineer.
But here is the jist, if you take a project management job, and know nothing about your product, or the technology behind it, you better learn FAST. And if you use any excuse as to why you don't need to know that much, you are only hurting yourself and the company. You can only help yourself by staying educated about your product. I think it would also keep your customer happy if you know what you are talking about!
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Very, very sad news. I have been to a few of his lectures and can say that this man was an original. He presented with an overhead projector (the analog presentation method). I don't know what it is about the analog gurus, they seem to live a mildly tortured life. Bob Pease is my favorite, second only to Bob Widlar. That guys stories are so far out there. Pease did a writeup of some of his most memorable stuff... makes me wish I were there when it happened. I can only say that I am glad I met Pease in his time here on Earth... RIP my friend. http://www.national.com/rap/Story/widlar.html
I would recommend a used Tektronix digital scope. For simple needs up to 100MHz even at 4 channels you can find one for under $1k. If you want to go real cheap grab a TDS210. I think that was the first of the small portable digital scopes they made and without probes they can be had for $300. For a 4ch 100MHz color scope look for a TDS2014, that is what I use every day and it suits me fine for low speed designs. For a good place to find used gear check out http://www.testequity.com/ and http://www.naptech.com/
Is it me, or were they a little optimistic that there would be just as many women as men working on computers?
Holy crap. You just spelled out my daily reccuring nightmare with my project. I am not however an IT prof. I am an Electrical Engineer. But here is the jist, if you take a project management job, and know nothing about your product, or the technology behind it, you better learn FAST. And if you use any excuse as to why you don't need to know that much, you are only hurting yourself and the company. You can only help yourself by staying educated about your product. I think it would also keep your customer happy if you know what you are talking about!