Comment by jrmg
The ‘birthplace’ of the 555 is in downtown Sunnyvale - an easy trip if you’re in the Valley*. It’s in an alley between Murphy Ave. and the parking lot off S. Frances. There’s a realtor’s office opposite the side entrance to Fashion Wok. That’s the place.
It was invented by Hans Camenzind**, who was doing contract work for Signetics in an office he rented there. What a great location for your office, even back then!
There really should be a plaque or something.
* Go there then have dinner at Dishdash, across the street.
** RIP - he died in 2012, but his web site is still up: http://www.designinganalogchips.com/
Interesting links on Hans
https://web.archive.org/web/20260125061851/http://www.design...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Camenzind
( Please note , I posted the archive.org link to the Hans Camenzind site, because when I tried to access the site URl , my BitDefender virus thing popped up a warning about a certificate problem. I Have NO idea if this is a real problem (Im clueless) or not but just to be careful I use the archive.org link )