Hello everyone ,
I'm actually a beginner on arduino and i got some issues with my personal project.
I want to made a particle sensor , for this i bought :
- GP2Y1010AU0F sharp dust sensor (Détecteur de particules GP2Y1010AU0F Sharp - Air | GO TRONIC)
- adapter for GP2Y1010AU0F ( to connect on the Arduino UNO Card : Adaptateur pour GP2Y1010AU0F DFRobot - Air | GO TRONIC)
- Arduino UNO (obviously ... )
In my head that was just like , i plug this adapter on the sensor , and i connect this to the card.
But here i got an issue , all the circuit that i found on the net dont show the adapter , i dont even know how to plug it on the arduino card. I was thinking that the adapter was making the connection directly on the card with those two cables of 3 pins.
So now my question is just, How i'm suppose to connect the sensor with my adapter on the arduino UNO card ?
Sorry if this is ridiculous but i'm really a beginner 
Thank you in advance for your help.
Why not follow the instructions linked on the product page? Sharp_GP2Y1010AU-DFRobot
I would not use that adapter, because it requires some other special connector. I would simply cut off the sensor connector to access the wires leading to the sensor and connect those directly to the Arduino. The wires are described in the sensor documentation, also linked on the product page.
If this is your first ever Arduino project, expect some frustration, because you have skipped all the learning steps that come with the Arduino program development software (blink an LED, read a voltage or a sensor, print on the serial monitor, etc.).
Yes but , i didn't understand the role of the adapter , if we follow the instructions we can just connect the sensor directly on the arduino pin. The adapter isn't suppose to be direcly connect to the arduino UNO ?
You know exactly as much as I do about that adapter.
If you Google "GP2Y1010AU0F arduino" you will find a couple of tutorials.
You need a capacitor and resistor to drive the sensor properly; it’s not just a case of connecting it to the Arduino pins. Check the sharp data sheet. Maybe that’s what the adapter includes.