Konsool Platform · Netherlands · 2026

Konsool

Badge.Team-compatible handheld platform

An ongoing Badge.Team-compatible handheld badge platform, commercially related to Tanmatsu, with public hardware specs, SoftwareHub app installation, LoRa tooling, and expansion-board documentation.

Badge.Team Konsool Tanmatsu ESP32-P4 ESP32-C6 SoftwareHub LoRa Expansion Boards

EventKonsool Platform

SeriesBadge.Team Platforms

LocationBadge.Team / Nicolai Electronics

CountryNetherlands

People

Authors & Credits

Tanmatsu manufacturer and documentation publisher

Nicolai Electronics

Publishes the Tanmatsu product page, manual, and production updates for the Konsool-derived handheld platform.

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Zero expansion PCB design and test software

Paul Honig (Ranzbak)

Listed in the Zero expansion contributors table.

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Zero expansion idea acknowledgement

Renze

Acknowledged in the Zero expansion introduction.

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Why It Mattered

Konsool is exactly the kind of continuing platform the compendium needs to model: a badge-like device whose ecosystem evolves through apps, firmware, expansion boards, and community hardware beyond a single camp weekend.

Hardware

Badge.Team documents ESP32-P4 and ESP32-C6 silicon, a 3.5 inch 320x240 RGB LCD, 8 MB PSRAM, 16 MB flash, 3D antenna, buttons, keyboard connector, speaker, microphone, six LEDs, SD card, USB-C, I2C, SAO, Pmod, Qwiic, LoRa, IR, and power-management hardware.

Software & Apps

SoftwareHub is documented as the primary app source, with App Store, app installation, WiFi setup, Python shell, launcher behavior, browser-based flashing, OTA and USB firmware update paths, and LoRa-related tools.

Lore

The docs explicitly position Tanmatsu as an open-design community hardware project derived from Konsool, making the line between event badge and portable hacker computer blurry in a useful way.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

RFID and sub-GHz expansion early stage

Zero expansion board

The Zero board is documented as an educational RFID, iButton, and sub-GHz hardware expansion with project links and maturity notes.

Compatibility: Konsool / Tanmatsu expansion port

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battery expansion prototype tested

18650 expansion

The expansion adds two protected 18650 cells, an on/off switch, USB-C charging from the Konsool/Tanmatsu, and mounting holes.

Compatibility: Konsool / Tanmatsu expansion port

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commercial/open-hardware distribution current platform lifecycle

Preassembled Tanmatsu availability

Nicolai Electronics presents Tanmatsu as a preassembled, out-of-the-box handheld derived from the Konsool open-design community hardware project.

Compatibility: Konsool / Tanmatsu

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hardware add-on ecosystem ongoing

Expansion boards

Konsool documents expansion boards and multiple expansion buses, making external hardware part of the platform rather than a one-off mod.

Compatibility: Konsool expansion connectors

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hardware compatibility ongoing

Camera compatibility path

Badge.Team documents supported OV5647-based camera modules and calls out unsupported IMX519-based Raspberry Pi camera modules.

Compatibility: Konsool / Tanmatsu camera connector

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internal hot-swappable add-on current platform lifecycle

Tanmatsu personality modules

The Tanmatsu manual documents internal personality modules as hot-swappable boards that can be exchanged to change device behavior while preserving the same handheld base.

Compatibility: Tanmatsu personality-module bay

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platform-maintenance lifecycle active development

Tanmatsu documentation and firmware cycle

The March 2025 update tracks firmware, app, documentation, module redesign, and production work, showing the platform evolving like a badge ecosystem rather than a static product page.

Compatibility: Konsool / Tanmatsu firmware and apps

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radio/software configuration ongoing

LoRa tools and settings

The LoRa docs expose regional frequency settings and configuration paths, which matter for legal and practical radio use.

Compatibility: Konsool LoRa tooling

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software add-on ecosystem ongoing

SoftwareHub apps

SoftwareHub is documented as the app source for browsing and installing Konsool software.

Compatibility: Konsool / Tanmatsu

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software upgrade path ongoing

Browser flasher and firmware updates

Konsool documents browser-based firmware flashing plus OTA and USB update workflows.

Compatibility: Konsool firmware

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

WHY2025 lineage divergence note

Hackaday reported that Tanmatsu originated in Badge.Team and had been destined to become the WHY2025 badge before a significant disagreement between event orga and Badge.Team left it as a standalone project.

The record links the standalone Tanmatsu/Konsool platform to the same Dutch camp badge-history branch as WHY2025 without treating it as the shipped WHY2025 attendee badge.

Confidence: secondary hands-on report plus public project context
Status: historical context
Timeframe: pre-WHY2025 and 2025 standalone project
Source note: Hackaday Tanmatsu hands-on report.

active documentation note

Tanmatsu has an active manual and manufacturer update trail, so specs, app behavior, and module support may continue to change after this seed record.

The compendium should revisit the platform periodically rather than treating this page as a frozen historical badge entry.

Confidence: manufacturer manual and update
Status: ongoing
Timeframe: current platform lifecycle
Source note: Tanmatsu user manual and March 2025 update.

missing rights-cleared image note

No Konsool or Tanmatsu image is published because the current Badge.Team, Nicolai Electronics, Tanmatsu manual, and field-report source trail has not been paired with a reusable original device photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The platform record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying product-page media, manual screenshots, article photos, logos, placeholders, or generated approximations.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy, Konsool Badge.Team docs, Nicolai Electronics Tanmatsu pages, Tanmatsu manual, and Hackaday field report.

platform classification note

Konsool/Tanmatsu is an ongoing open-design handheld platform, not a single event badge with one fixed camp context.

badge.gallery models it separately from event editions so add-ons, apps, and firmware can continue evolving without rewriting a historical event page.

Confidence: primary docs
Status: editorial caveat
Timeframe: ongoing
Source note: Konsool Badge.Team docs.

radio configuration note

Konsool exposes LoRa regional settings, so users need to configure frequencies and regions appropriately rather than treating radio as a universal default.

The platform needs region-aware documentation and defaults for legal and reliable LoRa use.

Confidence: primary docs
Status: documented caveat
Timeframe: ongoing
Source note: Konsool LoRa settings docs.

regional compliance note

The manufacturer update discusses CE, UKCA, and FCC documentation work as part of moving from hacker-platform design toward wider distribution.

This is useful operational context for an open badge-derived platform becoming a purchasable handheld.

Confidence: manufacturer update
Status: in progress
Timeframe: production ramp
Source note: Nicolai Electronics Tanmatsu March 2025 update.

Resources

18650 expansion hardware add-on · Battery extension with two 18650 cells, protection ICs, USB-C charging, switch, and mounting notes. Expansion boards hardware add-ons · Expansion-board documentation and community hardware path. Hackaday Tanmatsu hands-on field report · Hands-on report tying Tanmatsu to Badge.Team, the planned WHY2025 badge lineage, hardware details, app-store ambitions, and standalone-project context. Konsool camera compatibility hardware compatibility · Camera compatibility matrix for Konsool/Tanmatsu modules and unsupported sensors. Konsool docs official docs · Main Konsool documentation entry. Konsool specifications hardware specs · Hardware specifications for processors, display, IO, LoRa, expansion, and power. LoRa settings radio docs · LoRa frequency and regional configuration documentation. SoftwareHub app store · Konsool app-source and installation documentation. Tanmatsu personality modules hardware add-ons · Official manual section for hot-swappable internal personality modules. Tanmatsu product page product page · Nicolai Electronics page for the preassembled Tanmatsu handheld derived from Konsool. Tanmatsu progress update manufacturer update · Nicolai Electronics production update covering module redesigns, firmware, apps, documentation, and compliance work. Tanmatsu user manual official manual · User manual covering getting started, personality modules, software setup, app development, and firmware updates. Zero expansion board hardware add-on · Early-stage RFID, iButton, and sub-GHz expansion board concept with educational-use disclaimer and contributor notes.

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