Add precision sensing to your product without building it from zero

Dracal USB sensors integrate in hours, deliver calibrated data out of the box, and scale from prototype to production. Whether you’re building an IoT platform, a robot, or a certified testing instrument.

 

OEM products are expected to deliver more precision, more traceability, and more compliance than ever: Euro 7, ISO 8655, ISO 17025. But integration timelines aren’t getting longer. Teams aren’t getting bigger. And budgets aren’t growing.

 

Today’s options force a compromise:

RAW SENSORS

Affordable, but months of firmware, signal conditioning, and calibration engineering. Hard to reproduce. Harder to scale.

PROPRIETARY INSTRUMENTS

Plug-and-play, but expensive, rigid, and locked into vendor ecosystems. No flexibility. No autonomy.

Either way, your engineering team ends up debugging sensors instead of building your product.

 

Precision measurement shouldn’t require a precision engineering team.

We’ve worked with teams of all sizes, from 2-person startups building their first IoT device, to global engineering firms certifying instruments for Euro 7 compliance.

 

We know the pressure of shipping on time with data you can trust.

2011

In operation since

100K +

Units solds every year

50+

Countries served

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The only company that makes quality and affordable USB sensors

"TetraScience first and the Elemental Machines now have been using Dracal's sensors for almost 10 years. Without Dracal's product that are installed across hundreds of customers. the IoT company that I founded would have never taken off without building sensors ourselves.

Competitors wondered: how did they build a solution that rivals ours without building any hardware?"

Salvatore Savo, Co-founder of TetraScience and CTO of Elemental Machine

Instrument-grade precision with sensor-level simplicity

Pre-calibrated, USB-native, open protocol, no vendor lock-in. Integration takes hours, not months.

How do I get started?

1
Pick your measurements

Sélectionnez parmi notre gamme de capteurs USB : température, humidité, pression, CO₂, VOC, lumière, etc.

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2
Integrate in minutes

Branchez sur n’importe quel port USB. Lisez les données via le protocole COM standard ou les outils en ligne de commande. Utilisez nos exemples de code en 10+ langages. Aucun logiciel propriétaire, aucun problème de pilote.

Which integration tool do I need?
3
Deploy with confidence

Du prototype à la production : échangez, remplacez et recalibrez les capteurs sans interruption. Vos utilisateurs finaux restent autonomes.

Learn how to escape the Recalibration Trap

Where the difference lies

 

 
Alternative A
Raw sensors / breakout boards
I2C, SPI, Arduino, custom PCB
Alternative B
High-end instruments
Fluke, Vaisala, proprietary DAQ
Alternative C
Smart sensor modules
Sensirion, Bosch BME, vendor SDKs
The missing path
Dracal
USB sensors, open COM protocol, free tools
Integration time to production Months Weeks Days to weeks Hours
Runtime software dependency None (you wrote it) Vendor SDK required Vendor libraries required None with VCP product option
Licensing for proprietary code N/A (your code) Proprietary SDK terms Vendor SDK terms (varies) MIT CLI / open serial protocol
End-user calibration model You design and support it Return system to vendor Not addressed (raw output) End-user swaps sensor, any ISO 17025 lab
Unit traceability Only if you implement it Yes (built-in) Rarely (batch-level) Yes (unique serial per unit)
ISO 17025 certification path You build the relationship Vendor-locked lab Not available Any accredited lab (-CAL product option)

How deep does your integration go?

STANDARD INTEGRATION

YOU NEED:

Fast, reliable environmental data in your product.

TYPICAL USE CASES:

IoT platforms, robotics, monitoring systems, R&D prototyping, system automation.

WHAT YOU WILL USE:

Plug-and-play USB sensors + free visualization software (DracalView) + command-line tools/REST JSON API + code examples in 10+ languages.

INTEGRATION EFFORT:

Hours.

→ See how Tetrascience did it

REGULATED INTEGRATION

YOU NEED:

Audit-ready data that meets ISO and regulatory standards.

TYPICAL USE CASES:

Emission testing (Euro 7), laboratory instruments (ISO 8655), certified measurement equipment (ISO 17025), other ISO requirements.

WHAT YOU WILL USE:

Everything in Standard + VCP-CAL sensor variants + ISO 17025 calibration certificates + 3-point user calibration mechanism + zero-downtime sensor swap.

INTEGRATION EFFORT:

Hours. Same simplicity, higher traceability.

→ See how AVL did it

See how they did it

OEM integration of calibratable sensors with AVL

 

“That’s when we discovered Dracal and saw that its sensor solution could help us solve the problem more quickly and easily than we had anticipated. It became clear that the Dracal sensor was actually working to solve our problem when we witnessed 1) the significant reduction in calibration time, 2) that measurements were more accurate and consistent, and 3) that our customers no longer had to send the entire system for calibration, which was actually a game-changer in terms of operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.

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Building a successful IoT SaaS business in record time

 

“As I explored different options, Dracal was the only one that was affordable, reliable, always had inventory, could build quality products very quickly and, most importantly, could easily extract real-time data into our software platform.

The broad range of sensors and a simple method for pulling data that didn’t require us to rewrite the firmware and the application on our IoT devices were also key factors that made us select Dracal.

 

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Seamless integration of data in SPOT robot

 

“Dracal provided an all-in-one solution with a wide variety of sensors. There were many advantages to opting for their solution. First and foremost, Dracal offered several precision sensors with USB protocol, which meant I could integrate them into Boston Dynamic’s payload without much hassle. Additionally, with the Dracal command-line tools, integration was extremely quick. Having one simple way to interface with various sensors meant that I was able to create a scalable solution which is always a big plus for the work we do.”

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