16 Dec
2012
16 Dec
'12
1:43 p.m.
On 12/16/2012 01:22 PM, David Ryskalczyk wrote:
In his own words:
http://www.semiconductormuseum.com/Transistors/LectureHall/Camenzind/Camenz…
I'd read that before and Hans' son Peter backs that up. But what was
the thought process behind choosing "555"? Was it the notion of "triple
nickel". The marketing types I knew back then would certainly have
thought that way...
I guess we'll never really know the "story behind the story"
--Chuck
How did
the 555 name come about?
Signetics had ?500? numbers, and the earlier product I
worked on
was the 565, 566 and 567. It was just arbitrarily chosen. It was
Art Fury (Marketing Manager) who thought the circuit was gonna
sell big who picked the name ?555?.