Background Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is a common condition. At the moment, it is unclear how and when the autonomic changes develop in relation to the somatosensory signs. As alternative, animal-studies using experimental models of diabetic neuropathy represent a way to elucidate the sensory and autonomic changes associated with development of DN. This study addresses the challenges associated with continuous measurements of sensory and motor nerve function, focusing on the sciatic -and tail nerve function in rats, by developing a novel telemetric implant and Qtrac, a threshold tracking software for excitability studies. Material and methods At first a front-end-sensor consists of an amplification- and filtration stage is developed through multiple iterations to determine the best configuration for the amplification, filtration, PCB layout and battery use. To make the implant wireless a PSoC4 BLE is used. Results A preliminary study on 8 rats, shows no significant different between, using the standard Qtrac setup and the newly developed front-end-sensor. As all the data still havened been processed. A finally verdict is still to come. But as off today it seems very promising that the FES can be a new and important tool to the Qtrac setup in animal models. Conclusions Multiple different designs were tried out; all with pro and cons. In the end, a new instrumental amplifier (ad8237) with a double clipper input circuit, was considered as the best choice. A fully functional telemetric prototype is expected to work as a pre-amp in a regular electrophysiology setup within the next 6 months.