# 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/](https://openaps.org/)

[OpenAPS documentation - https://openaps.readthedocs.io/en/latest/](https://openaps.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)

[Loop Docs - https://loopkit.github.io/loopdocs/](https://loopkit.github.io/loopdocs/)

[Fine-Tuning your settings - https://web.archive.org/web/20231130035337/https://seemycgm.com/2017/10/29/fine-tuning-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/](https://www.hypodiabetic.co.uk/)

[DIYPS - https://diyps.org/](https://diyps.org/)

[Diabetes and Technology - Where Diabetes meets Tech - https://www.diabettech.com/](https://www.diabettech.com/)

[OpenAPS Reference Design - https://openaps.org/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/](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://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/](https://web.archive.org/web/20231130035337/https://seemycgm.com/2017/10/29/fine-tuning-settings/)

[“Brights Spots and Landmines”](https://diatribe.org/bright-spots-and-landmines/) by Adam Brown

[“Think like a Pancreas”](https://amzn.eu/d/iVU0RGe) by Gary Scheiner

["Pumping insulin"](https://amzn.eu/d/iaCsFa2) by John Walsh & Ruth Roberts

## 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](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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvjrPrH0Hrw)