It’s quite easy to develop a lack of connection between mathematics and application, which inspired this article. That said, mechanical engineering is not my profession, so I would like to detail another brief article about how math is actually used. In this article I’ll take you through designing a simple differentiator circuit, a circuit that performs the derivative on an input signal. In practice, you might need this as part of a controller for a temperature system, determining how “fast” the temperature is changing. More after the jump
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