This document describes simulating an operational amplifier circuit to process sensor signals. It contains the following sections:
1. An introduction describing how signal processing circuits condition sensor output signals for further processing.
2. A section on operational amplifiers which are the basic elements of signal conditioning circuits. It describes their properties like high gain, high input impedance, and low output impedance.
3. A section describing common signal processing circuits based on op-amps like non-inverting amplifiers, inverting amplifiers, voltage followers, and voltage comparators which can be used to digitize sensor inputs.
The document then focuses on simulating an op-amp as a voltage comparator to control a fan based