In mid 2023 I was approached to design and build a display case solution for a business’ 2024 Shot Show booth. They wanted to show off their products with easier access, set up and tear down quickly, and grab attention. After months of prototyping and iteration, the SM100 was born.

Each display takes 2 months to build in the shown configuration. I’m well aware that being one person, my time is the main constraint, so I’ll be starting the process of hiring staff shortly. Until then, reach out for the most up-to-date timelines.

- You have two options:

- Option 1: remove each panel (8 in total) and pack in a cube to ship in the smallest volume. 2h setup, 3 people required.

- Option 2: fold in half at the middle seam. Takes up more space, but allows other items to be packed inside. 30m setup, 2 people required.

I have a small shop in Hebron, OH, in a space that I’m subletting from another company. I have a ShopSabre IS408 CNC Router, as well as other general shop tools.

Yes, but we’ll need to work out logistics and due to a lack in available inventory it will need to be built first. Let’s talk!

- By default, each display is powered by sk6812 rgbw 5v strips that are addressable per *each LED*. The separate white channel creates a higher quality and more efficient white light than rgb only strips. However, other options are possible.

- You could opt for non-addressable (standard) led strips to save money, but I don’t recommend this. I think the loss in features isn’t worth the price - even if you only currently intend to display white, addressable LEDs get you granular color temperature and brightness control that standard strips don’t.

- By default, all lights and effects are run in WLED off of an ESP32 based controller. WLED is an open source lighting control software that includes a large library of effects, and is very intuitive to use. You can connect to the WLED control interface by simply turning the lights on, connecting to the ESP32’s onboard wifi network on a phone or computer, and then going to a browser. WLED also has an API, hence the ability for more granular software control.

- For lights shows that intend to make use of the LED’s physical coordinates in 2D or 3D space (like an expanding sphere of color), and most other types of complicated “shows”, a pre-configured sequence will instead be made, which will run off of *falcon player* (FPP) using the onboard computer, which in this case will be configured to run linux. These sequences run *on top of* WLED, so you won’t lose any functionality by going this route.

Not at all! I designed this from scratch, and I can do it again for your company. It’ll cost more, but totally possible.