Useful resources to read before you start

Before you build your rig, you’re going to have to do a lot of reading in order to understand how everything works and to get the best out of it. We’ve put together a list of places you can go to get you started and hopefully answer a lot of your questions.

Further reading

OpenAPS.org #wearenotwaiting - https://openaps.org/

OpenAPS documention - https://openaps.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Loop Docs - https://loopkit.github.io/loopdocs/

Fine-Tuning your settings - https://web.archive.org/web/20231130035337/https://seemycgm.com/2017/10/29/fine-tuning-settings/

Tim Omer – Hypodiabetic Blog - https://www.hypodiabetic.co.uk/

DIYPS - https://diyps.org/

Diabetes and Technology - Where Diabetes meets Tech - https://www.diabettech.com/

OpenAPS Reference Design - https://openaps.org/reference-design/

Why we are regularly wrong in the duration of insulin action (DIA) times we use, and why it matters - https://www.diabettech.com/insulin/why-we-are-regularly-wrong-in-the-duration-of-insulin-action-dia-times-we-use-and-why-it-matters/

What conclusions can we draw when investigating Insulin Sensitivity using the Autosens function within #OpenAPS? https://www.diabettech.com/openaps/what-conclusions-can-we-draw-when-investigating-insulin-sensitivity-using-the-autosens-function-within-openaps-an-n1-study/

https://seemycgm.com/2017/10/29/fine-tuning-settings/

Background reading and articles about DIY closed looping

https://hackaday.com/2016/12/19/closing-the-loop-on-an-artificial-pancreas/

https://www.diabettech.com/artificial-pancreas/looping-do-i-choose-openaps-or-loop-either-way-wearenotwaiting/

https://btvnovinite.bg/video/bulgaria/dnes-e-svetovnijat-den-za-borba-s-diabeta.html

Stuff on YouTube

Tim Omer: Empowered Citizen “Health Hackers” - We Are Not Waiting! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjhkRmL1wOI

Live interview with Dana Lewis, creator of Do-It-Yourself Pancreas System - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvjrPrH0Hrw