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 documentation - 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

What conclusions can we draw when investigating Insulin Sensitivity using the Autosens function within #OpenAPS?

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

“Bright Spots and Landmines” by Adam Brown

“Think like a Pancreas” by Gary Scheiner

“Pumping insulin” 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

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