Badge.Team Platforms

Konsool Platform

An ongoing Badge.Team-compatible handheld platform, also known commercially as Tanmatsu, with hardware, software, app-store, LoRa, and expansion-board documentation.

Badge.Team / Nicolai Electronics · Netherlands · 2026

Konsool

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.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

Konsool early stage

RFID and sub-GHz expansion

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

Konsool prototype tested

battery expansion

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

Konsool current platform lifecycle

commercial/open-hardware distribution

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

Konsool ongoing

hardware add-on ecosystem

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

Konsool ongoing

hardware compatibility

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

Konsool current platform lifecycle

internal hot-swappable add-on

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

Konsool active development

platform-maintenance lifecycle

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

Konsool ongoing

radio/software configuration

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

Konsool ongoing

software add-on ecosystem

SoftwareHub apps

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

Compatibility: Konsool / Tanmatsu

Konsool ongoing

software upgrade path

Browser flasher and firmware updates

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

Compatibility: Konsool firmware

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

Konsool note

WHY2025 lineage divergence · secondary hands-on report plus public project context · historical context

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.

Konsool note

active documentation · manufacturer manual and update · ongoing

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.

Konsool note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

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.

Konsool note

platform classification · primary docs · editorial caveat

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.

Konsool note

radio configuration · primary docs · documented caveat

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.

Konsool note

regional compliance · manufacturer update · in progress

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.

Resources

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

Sources