This document contains information about operational amplifiers (op-amps). It discusses what an op-amp is, the internal components and typical pinout of an op-amp, the history and evolution of op-amp technology from vacuum tubes to integrated circuits, ideal op-amp characteristics and analysis, and various op-amp circuit applications including inverting and non-inverting amplifiers, filters, instrumentation amplifiers for EKG signals, strain gauges, piezoelectric transducers, and PID controllers. References are provided at the end from textbooks and Wikipedia.