Decentlab

Decentlab is a Swiss company providing wireless sensor devices and services for distributed, cost-effective monitoring solutions.

The main products include sensors and services based on LoRaWAN wireless communication technology that allow for continuous and cost-effective monitoring of physical characteristics in natural and artificially built environments. The sensor devices communicate wirelessly over LoRaWAN® and are designed for ultra low power consumption, capable of operating on batteries for several years. The devices

are built for industrial applications and are ready to be deployed in any harsh indoor or outdoor environment. The service framework provides convenient access to measurement data and enables seamless integration into existing monitoring and control systems. Application areas are environmental and air quality monitoring, hydrological measurements, smart agriculture and smart cities.

01/09/2026

These roads are still ice-free. The stations on them are ready anyway. ❄️

Each of these DL-CWS2 stations measures road surface temperature (±0.5 °C, contactless via infrared), air temperature (±0.4 °C) and relative humidity in a radiation shield – and calculates the dew point directly on the device.

That combination is what matters in winter: when the road surface cools below the dew point, frost and ice can form – often while the air is still above zero. Comparing surface and dew point temperature is how you catch it early.

Transmitted over LoRaWAN® and powered by two C alkaline batteries: several years of unattended real-time monitoring without battery change or local intervention need.

--> About Device: https://www.decentlab.com/products/high-precision-winter-road-maintenance-sensor-with-radiation-shield-for-lorawan

--> Datasheet of DL-CWS2 | High-Precision Winter Road Maintenance Sensor with Radiation Shield for LoRaWAN®: https://buff.ly/m5xF66k

26/08/2026

Sensor spotlight: DL-PR26

This summer made one thing obvious: you can't manage water you don't measure. Rivers, lakes, and groundwater across Europe dropped to unusual lows – and when levels get this low, knowing exactly where they stand is no longer optional.

That's what the DL-PR26 | Pressure / Liquid Level and Temperature Sensor for LoRaWAN® is built for. A submersible pressure probe: when submerged, the relative pressure at the sensor head indicates its depth – 1 bar ≈ 10 m water column. Level and temperature, transmitted wirelessly via LoRaWAN®.

What sets it apart:

→ Place and measure. Lower the probe into a well, borehole, or tank – the electronics stay dry above the surface. No complex setup required.

→ Resolves small changes. Max. ±0.15% of full scale linearity – built for the slow shifts of groundwater, tanks, and reservoirs.

→ Long battery life. Years of unattended operation on two C alkaline batteries – ideal for remote measurement sites.

Applications: level / depth in tanks · groundwater and well levels · boreholes · leakage detection · pump monitoring

Need higher precision? The DL-PR36 uses the same place-and-measure principle at max. ±0.02% of full scale.

24/08/2026

Most of us are back from the summer holidays. The summer we left behind was no ordinary one.

Across Switzerland and much of Europe: record heat, months of drought, rivers and lakes at levels rarely seen this time of year.

We only know all this because someone, somewhere, started measuring – in some cases generations ago. Without those time series, 2026 would just be "a hot summer". With them, we know: something fundamental is shifting.

That, to us, is the real lesson of this summer. The measurements we set up today – on rivers, soils, in cities – are the baseline against which future summers will be judged. Every gap in the data is lost forever.

So, welcome back. There's work to do.

20/08/2026

🌱 Ten years in the soil — one battery change.

Since 2016, this DL-TRS12 has measured soil moisture, temperature and electrical conductivity. The temperature curve traces ten annual cycles.

Zooming in on the last few weeks: a hot, dry early summer. On 19 June, a severe thunderstorm over the Zürich region — soil moisture and conductivity climb in the hours after. On the night of 1 July, heavy rain returns — in the soil, an almost vertical jump.

The rain falls above ground. The DL-TRS12 shows how much of it reaches the soil.

Real-time data on our demo site: https://buff.ly/eslyb27

18/08/2026

🌡️ Always good to see our sensors doing meaningful work.

Since summer 2025, a city-wide climate network has been mapping how heat spreads across Dortmund, Germany — running on many of our sensors.

The network covers 76 locations across the city, with every station mounted on a streetlamp and connected via LoRaWAN, delivering a fresh reading every few minutes.

Two station types are in use:

🔹 Compact: DL-SHT35 — air temperature and humidity
https://www.decentlab.com/products/air-temperature-and-humidity-sensor-with-radiation-shield-for-lorawan

🔹 Extended: DL-ATM41 + DL-BLG — wind, precipitation, solar radiation and more, feeding into the UTCI that reflects how heat actually feels
https://www.decentlab.com/products/eleven-parameter-weather-station-for-lorawan
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https://www.decentlab.com/products/black-globe-temperature-sensor-for-lorawan

The data informs the city's heat action plan, its early warning systems, and its urban planning. Where would street trees help most? Which neighbourhoods barely cool down at night?

All of it is public: an interactive dashboard shows the current conditions at every location, hour by hour --> check out realtime data : https://buff.ly/D63gynN

13/08/2026

🛠️ On the workbench in Dübendorf, everything is still laid out neatly.

That won't last. The DL-CTD10B | Pressure / Liquid Level, Temperature and Electrical Conductivity Sensor for LoRaWAN® is headed somewhere dark, wet and narrow: tanks, wells, groundwater, running and open water. There it measures level, temperature and electrical conductivity — water quality, salinity, chloride.

Which is why there's still a lot of handwork in every device.

Designed, developed and assembled in Switzerland.

Device DL-CTD10B: https://buff.ly/aQIOrYa

11/08/2026

💧 A few inquiries over the past weeks all had the same shape.

Springs yield less. Groundwater drops. But the well, the borehole, the storage tank often sits far from the yard. Checking it means driving out, or walking. So it gets checked once a week, maybe. And in between, nobody knows whether the level fell by two centimeters or twenty.

A sensor doesn't make water. It shows how much is left and how fast it's going. In a normal year that's a nice-to-have. In a year like this one it's the difference between reallocating early and running out.

🔹DL-MBX — water level, open water surface, flood monitoring, waste water management, tank level
https://buff.ly/ITdpQFn

🔹DL-LID-002 — water level monitoring, flood monitoring, snow level monitoring, generic ranging
https://buff.ly/8Mj4ss4

🔹DL-PR26 — groundwater and wells, boreholes, tanks, leakage detection, pump monitoring
https://buff.ly/tX77EUQ

The devices run on battery and send over LoRaWAN, which reaches across kilometers. That's what makes the far-out sites workable at all. It starts to make real sense once there's more than one of them – a single gateway covers several.

06/08/2026

🎥 Nice to see our sensors on television!

Summer 2026 has brought one heatwave after another, forcing us to adapt. RADIO TELEVISION SUISSE (RTS) covered the topic in its evening news.

The City of Yverdon-les-Bains is looking for ways to reduce the urban heat island effect over the long term. In the "Yverdon-les-Tropiques" project, HEIG-VD measures air temperature and humidity across the city — using our DL-SHT35-001.

The data shows which neighbourhoods are hottest during the day, and how well they cool down at night. The number of tropical nights varies considerably within the city, with direct consequences for residents' sleep quality.

Thanks to -VD for having our devices along for the measurements.

Full TV feature: https://buff.ly/cTmc3IC

HEIG-VD (Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud) Ville d'Yverdon-les-Bains

06/08/2026

Decentlab devices in the harsh wild!

06/08/2026

Decentlab devices in the harsh wild!

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http://www.decentlab.com/

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