Integrator and Differentiator
Put a capacitor in the feedback path to integrate, or at the input to differentiate.
Intermediate
Integrator (capacitor in feedback):
A square wave in gives a triangle wave out. Practical integrators add a large resistor across to stop the output drifting to the rail because of input offset.
Differentiator (capacitor at input):
Differentiators amplify high-frequency noise, so a small series resistor and feedback capacitor are added to limit the bandwidth.
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