Frame

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To build our frame we used the Makerbeam starter kit. We provide detailed descriptions to assemble the ZAF frame, but you can easily adjust the sizing depending the number of pumps you need for your aquatic rack or facility.

Here are some basics, the frame must contain:

1. A frame compartment to hold the electronics: the Raspberry Pi, motor driver and screen.
2. A frame compartment to hold the pumps and valve.
3. A frame compartment to hold the water container where food and water are mixed and that holds the servo motor that rotates the food container.

The frame design is important because it will be the "body" of your feeder. The Makerbeam corner cubes must be at the corners of your frame. Additionally you must anticipate the placement of the Makerbeam spacer and the Makerbeam square headed bolts, to support the electronics (i.e servo, motors drivers, etc...) during the construction of your device structure.

There are many ways to use the Makerbeam steel brackets to construct your ZAF. In the following figure we give you an example of how to use the steel brackets to fortify the structure and build a custom support frame for the electronics. Do not hesitate to you use them intensively to get a robust structure.

• A. Corner of our ZAF frame with a corner cube.
• B & C. Example of how to use the Makerbeam steel brackets to reinforce the structure.
• D. We used the Makerbeam corner steel brackets and a small Makerbeam bar to create a support for the electronics component.
• E & F. Spacer used to hold Motors drivers

Now it is time to have fun and enjoy playing with the Makerbeam to build your own ZAF, a Proust Madeleine moment, appealing to your childhood memories playing Lego.