Velodyne integrator

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A servo mechanism usually employing a d.c. split field motor and tacho-generator on the same shaft, in which it is intended that the speed of rotation be maintained proportional to an input voltage. The total number of revolutions of the output shaft is an approximate measure of the time-integral of the input voltage.

Reference: B.S.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)