About

From iPhone Cables to Custom Type One Products.

My name is Jon Fawcett. My daughter was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes at age 12. Since then, the technology to simplify and improve her day to day management has been drastic. Transitioning from manually drawing and dosing with syringes and 5-10 finger pokes per day to Omnipod, G6, and Loop which did 90% of the work has been nothing short of amazing. But with each new device or technology, there has been a new need introduced. All of the cases, holders, lanyards, clips, and bags that were needed to carry, protect, and use the devices and new apps and services to connect all of the technology together.

This brings me to my day job when she was diagnosed. I founded and owned Fuse Chicken, an iPhone accessories manufacturer of indestructible metal iPhone cables as well as wireless chargers and powerbanks. That gave me access to software, hardware, and services that the average person did not have: numerous 3D printers, professional CAD software, and full factories that could produce nearly anything you can imagine.

Over the years since her diagnosis, I have designed and built custom products to simplify her day to day life so she could focus more on life and less on Type One. She had a 3d printed holder for her pen needles that kept them all together and protected inside her supply bag when she was MDI. When she was headed to a weeklong Wyldelife camp, she needed a better way to keep her iPhone and RileyLink with her and together easily. So I designed a slim RileyLink case that could fit inside an iPhone purse case that had an over-shoulder lanyard strap.

When the iPhone 12 was released, Fuse Chicken started working on products for the new MagSafe magnetic connector that allowed cases, chargers, and wallets to magnetically attach to the back of the iPhone. The lightbulb went off that since my factory is building magnets already, I can utilize them for the world’s coolest MagSafe RileyLink and OrangeLink cases.

Over the years, I have placed some designs on thingiverse and even used my 3D Printers to build custom cases and products for others in the Loop and Type One community. At most, these required a few nuts and bolts after being printed. But I have been creating more and more complex T1D products such as SugarPixel with fully custom hardware circuit boards and software. This is when the idea for CustomTypeOne was really formed. It is part custom software for the open source contributions I've made such as Loop Follow, part custom products company for SugarPixel and more complex products and software.

My hope is that these products can reduce some of the stress from managing T1D every day, provide a better night's sleep, and keep you and your loved ones safer with CGM alerts.