Single-chip amplifiers with built-in compensation and filtering circuits are becoming popular for signal conditioning tasks in mechatronic systems, particularly those associated with data acquisition, machine monitoring, and control. Signal processing such as integration that would be needed to convert, say, an accelerometer into a velocity sensor, can also be accomplished in the analog form using an IC chip. What are the advantages of such signal modification chips in comparison with the conventional analog signal conditioning hardware that employ discrete circuit elements and separate components to accomplish various signal conditioning tasks?