# RC Integration & Differentiation

Objective

RC circuits can integrate or differentiate a voltage waveform with respect to time. A square wave is integrated to get a triangular wave and differentiated to get spikes at the transitions.begin_inset Separator latexparend_inset

Procedure

- Select WG triangular wave option

- Set WG to 500Hz (), and

- Adjust the horizontal scale to view more than 4 cycles.

- Repeat the same for RC differentiator, at .

Discussion

Integration of a triangular waveform gives parabolic shape and differentiation gives a square shape. The differentiation can only be shown at lower frequency. Try these for other wave shapes, for example a squarewave. Integrating a square wave should give a triangular wave.