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Gun CabBuild Log

A dedicated Sinden lightgun cabinet — display, white tracking border, guns and PC in one purpose-built unit. This page is the running plan, parts list and build log.

Status: Planning Sinden Lightgun MAME / arcade
01 Overview

The Sinden Lightgun reads a bright white border framing the play area to triangulate aim. A built-in cabinet replaces the software on-screen border with a clean physical/LED frame around the display, so the whole screen stays usable and tracking is reliable in any lighting.

Goal: a tidy, repeatable build — display + LED tracking border + two-gun setup + dedicated PC, wired and configured so it boots straight into the front end.

02 Build Plan
Subsystem
Cabinet & Frame
  • Cabinet style / footprint — TODO
  • Material (MDF / ply / extrusion)
  • Display mount & viewing angle
  • Ventilation & cable routing
Subsystem
Display + LED Border
  • Panel size / resolution — TODO
  • White LED border width & strip
  • Diffuser / bezel finish
  • Power for LED strip
Subsystem
Guns & Controls
  • Sinden guns ×2 + recoil?
  • Holsters / mounts
  • Start / coin / admin buttons
  • USB hub & cable management
Subsystem
PC & Software
  • Mini PC spec — TODO
  • Front end (LaunchBox / ES-DE)
  • Sinden driver + border config
  • Per-game lightgun mappings
03 Border Sizing

Work out the physical screen size, then the white-LED-border frame and the LED strip length / count for your chosen border width and density.

The Screen Calculator takes your panel's diagonal + resolution → physical width/height, then sizes the border frame and LED strip.
Open Calculator →
04 Parts List
ItemSpec / modelQtyStatus
Display panelTBC1to source
Sinden LightgunTBC2to source
White LED stripdensity TBC — see calculator— mto size
LED PSUTBC1to source
Mini PCTBC1to source
Cabinet materialTBC—to source
Buttons / wiringTBC—to source
05 Build Log
2026 — Planning
Project started. Working out display size and border dimensions with the calculator.
Next
Choose panel + finalise border width and LED count.
Then
Cabinet frame build & display mount.
Then
LED border install, PC + Sinden config, per-game mapping.