16 Dec
2012
16 Dec
'12
1:22 p.m.
In his own words:
http://www.semiconductormuseum.com/Transistors/LectureHall/Camenzind/Camenz…
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?.