Worth adding that Howard was also a good, and knowledgeable, contributor to this site and he certainly helped me to get Blackfin support into WebbotLib. I will miss his genius.
I urge you to read his obituary - not just because of the Blackfin - but because if you know what a JPEG image is, or MPEG video, or have an MP3 player or have streamed video from the internet then Howard has touched your life amongst millions of others.
Rest easy.