I'm totally inexperienced with electronics! I want to put an ESS in a stand alone enclosure, to connect with a G540 I put in my little Techno router. The router has been working just fine with Mach3 and the parallel port on my desktop, but I want to use it with a laptop.
So my question is what do I really need to include in my enclosure. Seems like all I need is 1 ribbon with a db25 case mount, and a 5v wall wart, is that adequate? I've seen the commercial units with 3 db25 outputs, auxiliary RJ45, e-stop, Mean Well power supply, on/off switch.. My spindle is a small electric router, wouldn't mind turning that on and off with a relay, but I'm thinking I can do that with the G540.