How to use this pressure sensor?

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I feel really stupid for asking this.. but how does this sensor work? I'm not really good at electronics.

What I mean is, if I have air flow through a pipe, how would I use this, through the small pipe that comes out the top? Or maybe put it inside the tube? Or is this an atmospheric pressure sensor?

http://www.freescale.com/files/sensors/doc/data_sheet/MPX2100.pdf
 
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looks like it's an atmospheric pressure sensor. supply voltage to it, and then read the voltage from the output pin

if you want to measure pressure in a pipe, i'd suggest using really big pipes.
other options include looking for some kind of in-line pressure sensor