“So, what does Decentlab actually make?” Usually the answer takes a few minutes. Now it takes one picture. From soil moisture profiles to air quality, from water level to sap flow, from road surface temperature to a scale for beehives. All LoRaWAN®, all on batteries, built to run for years.

Measuring when ice is about to form – not when it already has. Shaded road between Tiefencastel and Surava, Graubünden: can ice over within an hour of sunset. Our DL-CWS sensor reads road surface temp without touching it, plus air temp, humidity and dew point, over LoRaWAN. buff.ly/0OXqFo3 #IoT

❄️ Winter is planned in autumn – in our workshop too. DL-WRM winter road maintenance sensors are being built in Dübendorf right now: surface temperature (infrared), air temperature, air humidity. Wireless via LoRaWAN®, battery-powered – place and measure. Check out device: buff.ly/GGEBsbq

🌳💧 100 of our DL-SMTP sensors now measure soil moisture at six depths around 100 young trees in Karlsruhe, Germany. First results: watering mostly reaches the upper layers – the deeper ones often get too little. The soil looks watered. The profile shows where the water stopped.

New in our portfolio: the DL-RAD. A river gauge on a bridge. A wet well in a pump station. A stormwater overflow basin. A culvert outfall. These are levels you need to trust during a storm, not just on a dry Tuesday.

Missed it? The recording is now online. We joined the LoRa Alliance webinar "Precision at Scale: Where LoRaWAN® Wins in Agriculture." Our part: soil moisture — irrigation by real field data, not calendar assumptions. 🎥 Watch: buff.ly/XFOJNK1

Still ice-free. Already measuring. ❄️ DL-CWS2: road surface temperature via infrared, air temperature, humidity, dew point – over LoRaWAN®, years on two C batteries. About Device: www.decentlab.com/products/hig... Datasheet: buff.ly/m5xF66k #winter #road #ice

💧 Sensor spotlight: DL-PR26 A summer of record-low water levels made it obvious: you can't manage water you don't measure. Submersible pressure probe for wells, boreholes, tanks. Place and measure – no complex setup. Years on two C batteries. LoRaWAN®.

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Most of us are back from the summer holidays. The summer we left behind was no ordinary one – record heat and drought across much of Europe. We only know this because someone started measuring, generations ago. Every gap in the data is lost forever. So, welcome back. There's work to do.

In the soil since 2016: a DL-TRS12 measuring soil moisture, temperature and conductivity — ten years, one battery change. The rain falls above ground — the sensor shows how much of it reaches the soil. 🌱 Real-time data on our demo site: buff.ly/eslyb27

🌡️ 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. The network covers 76 locations across the city, with every station mounted on a streetlamp and connected via LoRaWAN.

🛠️ On the workbench in Dübendorf, everything is still laid out neatly. That won't last. The DL-CTD10B is headed somewhere dark, wet and narrow — tanks, wells, groundwater, open water. Still a lot of handwork in every device. Device DL-CTD10B: buff.ly/aQIOrYa

💧 A few inquiries over the past weeks all had the same shape. The spring yields less. The groundwater drops. And the well sits far from the yard — checked once a week, if that. A sensor doesn't make water. It measures the level: how much is left, how fast it's going. Our sensors: buff.ly/Qm6xnaF

🎥 Nice to see our sensors on television! Summer 2026 keeps bringing one heatwave after another. In the "Yverdon-les-Tropiques" project, HEIG-VD measures temperature and humidity neighbourhood by neighbourhood in Yverdon-les-Bains, using our DL-SHT35-001. Full TV feature: buff.ly/cTmc3IC

💧 Drought across much of Europe this summer. Groundwater responds slowly, so a single reading tells you little — you need a long series. Three LoRaWAN® sensors for groundwater monitoring: DL-PR26: buff.ly/4IRADE4 DL-PR36: buff.ly/YvajuBU DL-PR36CTD: buff.ly/CE3vaZj #drought #heatwave #iot

🇨🇭 Tomorrow is Swiss National Day — we wish everyone a happy 1 August. Our particulate matter sensors usually see fireworks clearly. This year, with drought and bans in many cantons, maybe just a flat line where there's normally a peak. Check out real-time data: buff.ly/H1UR5ns

💧 Soil moisture isn't measured at the surface. It's measured at several levels, over years. Same tree, same probe since July 2019. A DL-SMTP in Guévaux: six levels along a 600 mm profile, every 10 minutes, no recalibration. Two alkaline C batteries. Still running. Real-time data: buff.ly/7UWXnvK

🐄 Our sensors are now part of an IoT platform spanning 500,000 acres of arid US rangeland — 12 ranches, 931 cattle collars, 27 LoRaWAN gateways. DL-MBX, DL-PR26 and DL-TBRG cover water and precipitation. A new study presents it as fully validated in operational use. buff.ly/X6xSd6s

🌅 Sunrise over Zürich — our DL-BLG. The black sphere holds a temperature sensor. Because it's black, it absorbs sunlight and warms above the air temperature in direct sun. That's why open sun is hotter than the shaded air reading — and part of what indices like WBGT capture. Device: buff.ly/BlvJXIQ

Ich hatte Mitte Juni das Vergnügen, bei einem Blockkurs mitzuhelfen: in diesem Zusammenhang wurden in Zürich-Witikon einige Temperatursensoren (diverse Modelle, u.a von @decentlab.bsky.social, teils geschützt, teils ungeschützt) aufgestellt und zusammen mit Daten von stadtklima-zuerich.ch geplotet.

🔧 Today on a bench in Dübendorf, Switzerland. Soon at the bottom of a well. This DL-PR36 is still being programmed and tested before it heads out to track groundwater levels — high-precision pressure & temperature, sent over LoRaWAN. Check out device: buff.ly/3K9bKgX #LoRaWAN #IoT #Groundwater

Spotted on a summer hike near Gstaad: our Laser Distance / Level Sensor. Elsewhere it tracks water levels and floods. Here it points at a meadow — no water in sight. Why? In summer it measures down to the grass, in winter down to the snow. The difference is the snow depth. Device: buff.ly/oT4tJuz

Nahfrosterfahrung heute morgen in Hintergräppelen: Kurz nach 6 Uhr Lokalzeit wurde ein Minimum von 0.6 °C registriert. Unten in der Senke war es dabei gut 15 Grad wärmer als auf ähnlicher Höhe ausserhalb der Senke.

📍 Sap flow sensor, spotted in Zürich. Our DL-ISF | Sap Flow Sensor for LoRaWAN® on a city street tree, deployed for UrbaNature — measuring how much water urban trees move and how they cope with heat and drought. Device DL-ISF: www.decentlab.com/products/sap...

First the heat, then the water. Europe's record heatwave broke into thunderstorms and flash floods. Here's one of our DL-MBX sensors catching the water level climb on 1 July — ultrasonic, sent over LoRaWAN. Doesn't stop a flood, just flags it early. Check out real-time data: buff.ly/HfZEtxM

Last chance — Atmospheric Commons runs until 4 July at the American Academy in Rome. A network of 47 sensors reads the gardens' microclimate, making the cooling effect of trees visible. Decentlab contributed seven DL-SHT35-001 temperature & humidity sensors. atmosphericcommons.com

Fertig Schnee - von 170 auf 0 in 30 Tagen: In Hintergräppelen wird seit heute wieder der Abstand zum Rasenteppich am Boden gemessen. Durch die Lage in der Senke wird die Schneedecke im Vergleich mit den Stationen Iltios und Schwägalp vom @slfdavos.bsky.social besser konserviert. Danke an... ./.

One week to go — we're on the panel at the LoRa Alliance webinar Precision at Scale: Where LoRaWAN Wins in Agriculture. Soil, water, microclimate, pest risk, ROI — what works in the field. 🗓 8 July, 5pm CET 👉 Learn more and register: buff.ly/dB4qwbi

Switzerland is known for clocks that keep accurate time. Our black globe temperature sensors are built in the same spirit – just for a different kind of measurement. The DL-BLG measures radiant temperature – a key input for the WBGT heat stress index. Check out Datasheet 👉 buff.ly/Oqu2gjK #heat

📊 Almost six years of air data from a single DL-PM in Dübendorf — every 10 min, over LoRaWAN. Fireworks spikes, winter inversions, Saharan dust, wildfire smoke, and six clean annual T/humidity cycles. No recalibration.