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Indesign, LLC Gives Back to the Community Through Meals on Wheels

November 23, 2021 | Blog
The team at Indesign, LLC has a long history of community involvement and is proud to continue serving our community. Meals on Wheels is a wonderful organization that we are privileged to work with. Through Meals on Wheels, the Indesign team volunteers to deliver meals to home bound citizens and seniors in our local community. Meals on Wheels is the only provider of medically-tailored meals to Central Indiana’s home bound citizens. (more…)
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Engineering a Halloween Costume

October 28, 2021 | Blog
Every year, Indesign, LLC has a fall festival. Traditionally, we have a company Halloween costume contest, office decoration contest, pumpkin carving contest, and trick-or-treating in the office for all family and friends. It is a lot of fun! One of my favorite parts is the giant black cat straddling the office wall. Sorry for the blower fan that ends up on your desk, Sydney. My son has always dressed up as a robot for Halloween (maybe he’ll grow up to be a nerd like me). My wife is a very creative person and makes costumes by hand with the kids, and one year I decided to help in the best way I knew how. I dusted off my old Arduino from back in the day when I wrote firmware for fun instead of for a living. I proudly used this same Arduino to demo one of my personal projects when I interviewed for a job. In this case, for Halloween, I programmed it to display a little Halloween greeting on an LCD. I also wired up some seven-segment LEDs to create a flashing message. Powered by a USB battery pack, it turned out pretty well, and he loved it! Don’t let the serious look on his face fool you. Trust me… he loved it. We made our rounds through the office, collecting way more candy than a responsible parent would allow. There are probably a hundred photos from the fall festival. Everyone always has a blast, and it’s fun to browse through photos of everyone that came and see all the kids’ costumes. After the fall festival at Indesign, we walked around the neighborhood. This is a great memory for me and my family and for the folks at Indesign. Mixing technology with Halloween is only natural for an embedded software engineer, and it made for an extra fun costume and hopefully an enjoyable blog. I’m thankful that I enjoy my job and that I was able to enhance the holiday for my son using the skills I use every day at Indesign. I hope it showed him and the other kids that engineering is fun and creative! Contact Us At Indesign, LLC, our team has the expertise, experience, and passion for engineering and design services. We have helped a variety of markets design and develop embedded electronic products for over 20 years. Our product development process ensures that we deliver high-quality projects on schedule and on budget. If you are interested in learning more about our engineering & design services, contact us today at (317) 377-5450!
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Engineer Internship at Indesign, LLC

Internships at Indesign, LLC

September 30, 2021 | Blog
Indesign,LLC's core asset is our people. We are not a company that makes and sells our own product or provides some niche service. We’re a group of individuals who work together as a close-knit team to bring our clients’ ideas to life. Indesign’s building, labs, and equipment are all important tools of the trade, but it’s the people who are the heart of our company. We believe this is one of the reasons we were voted as Indiana's Top Workplaces for the 11th consecutive year. It's the people of a company who create its culture. Culture can make a place special; it can create an environment that you want to go to and be around every day. Or it can make a place horrible. At Indesign, we’re very proud to have a culture of teamwork, integrity, respect, and excellence. We know that to maintain and grow that type of environment, we’ve got to continuously seek out people who thrive on variety and new ideas. That’s what makes our internship program so important. (more…)
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Smart Device Connectivity

What’s The “Matter”?

August 26, 2021 | Blog
Well, Indesign, LLC will tell you what’s the “Matter”. But first, let us ask a question. Have you felt the pain of trying to get your smart home devices from different manufacturers to play nice with each other? We sure have! (more…)
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Successful Product Development During the Global Chip Shortage

July 23, 2021 | Blog
Almost everyone has heard about the parts shortage that is currently affecting the global supply chain for semiconductors. In the past, news of a microchip shortage wouldn’t make much of a splash on national news, but the current situation is unprecedented. The lead time on some parts is more than a year (and even longer in some cases). Distributors and contract manufacturers are scrambling to get customers the parts that they need, but sometimes they simply are not available and an alternative solution is the only path forward. At Indesign, LLC, we’ve adapted quickly to ensure that our clients’ product designs can move to full production despite the parts shortage. (more…)
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Indiana's Top Workplaces 2021 - Indesign, LLC

Indiana’s Top Workplaces 2021

June 7, 2021 | Awards
Indesign, LLC has been named to the list of Top Workplaces in 2021 by The Indianapolis Star, for the 11th consecutive year. The list is based entirely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage, LLC. The anonymous survey uniquely measures 15 drivers of engaged cultures that are critical to the success of any organization. These include alignment, execution, and connection, just to name a few. Owned by employees since its founding in 1996, Indesign has made collaboration and teamwork a central part of the culture that stands out year after year. Indesign is able to deliver solutions to complex problems because of the team – employees thrive in an atmosphere where they can collaborate to find the best solutions and learn from the deep experience of their colleagues. "It is an honor to be recognized again this year as one of Indiana's Top Workplaces," said Jerry Gotway, President. "It means even more in the light of a season that has required great adaptability and perseverance. Our team has done an incredible job rising to every challenge while remaining committed to excellence and safety." About Indesign, LLC Indesign, LLC is a multi-discipline engineering design firm that provides full turnkey electronic product development to allow clients to get their new product ideas into the market quickly. Indesign offers complete product development capabilities, starting with a product concept and finishing with a ready-to-manufacture design. Indesign has an ISO-certified product development process and a proven track record for on-time, on-budget, high-quality product realization. To learn more about us and our services, contact us at (317) 377-5450 today!
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Indesign, LLC Using Electron For Product Development & Testing

The Benefits of Electron to Indesign, LLC

May 26, 2021 | Blog
Although every client is unique at Indesign, LLC, a lot of our processes carry over from project to project. As a company of engineers, whenever we find ourselves doing the same thing more than once, we’re primed to search for how we can improve or automate that task. While, of course, the technical underpinnings for automation have existed nearly as long as computers themselves, we are always looking for ways and processes to do things better. This is where the Electron framework comes in. (more…)
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Product Development Frequently Asked Questions

Indesign, LLC FAQ

April 23, 2021 | Blog
Are you possibly interested in our services but still have a lot of lingering questions? Check out our frequently asked questions below! If you have any additional questions or would like to schedule a consultation, please feel free to contact us at (317) 377-5450. (more…)
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Indesign Product Development Teamwork

Lessons Learned During 20 Years of Product Development (Part III)

March 25, 2021 | Blog
Creating and sustaining a healthy working culture and team cannot be over-emphasized. During my career, I’ve worked in both healthy and unhealthy environments with highly-functional and dysfunctional team members. Having a vibrant work setting makes all the difference to not only the success of the project but also the personal satisfaction of doing the work. Here are some of the elements that we at Indesign, LLC have implemented and that help create a vigorous place to work. (more…)
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Project Management Planning with Indesign

Lessons Learned During 20 Years of Product Development

February 24, 2021 | Blog
There are numerous learnings that occur with years of experience and abundant project involvements. Last month, the lessons of effective communications and product definition were discussed. This month, the learnings from project planning and project execution are the focal points. (more…)
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