Issue dossier

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.

A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.

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Konsool note

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

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.

Badge
Konsool
Category
WHY2025 lineage divergence
Severity
note
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.

Evidence

Related Resources

field report

Hackaday Tanmatsu hands-on

Hands-on report tying Tanmatsu to Badge.Team, the planned WHY2025 badge lineage, hardware details, app-store ambitions, and standalone-project context.

Badge: Konsool

hardware add-on

18650 expansion

Battery extension with two 18650 cells, protection ICs, USB-C charging, switch, and mounting notes.

Badge: Konsool

hardware add-on

Zero expansion board

Early-stage RFID, iButton, and sub-GHz expansion board concept with educational-use disclaimer and contributor notes.

Badge: Konsool

manufacturer update

Tanmatsu progress update

Nicolai Electronics production update covering module redesigns, firmware, apps, documentation, and compliance work.

Badge: Konsool

official manual

Tanmatsu user manual

User manual covering getting started, personality modules, software setup, app development, and firmware updates.

Badge: Konsool

Source trail

Evidence Sources

Badge.Team · retrieved 2026-05-15

18650 extension

Primary source for the external battery extension.

Badge: Konsool

Badge.Team · retrieved 2026-05-15

Camera

Primary source for camera compatibility and unsupported sensor caveats.

Badge: Konsool

Badge.Team · retrieved 2026-05-15

Konsool

Primary documentation hub for Konsool and Tanmatsu positioning.

Badge: Konsool

Badge.Team · retrieved 2026-05-15

LoRa Settings

Primary source for regional radio-configuration caveats.

Badge: Konsool

Badge.Team · retrieved 2026-05-15

SoftwareHub

Primary source for app-store workflow.

Badge: Konsool

Badge.Team · retrieved 2026-05-15

Zero expansion board

Primary source for the RFID/iButton/sub-GHz expansion concept and maturity notes.

Badge: Konsool

Hackaday · retrieved 2026-05-15

A Closer Look At The Tanmatsu

Secondary hands-on source for the WHY2025-origin context, hardware tour, app platform, open-source timing, and pre-order status.

Badge: Konsool

Nicolai Electronics · retrieved 2026-05-15

Personality modules

Primary manual source for Tanmatsu internal hot-swappable personality-module add-ons.

Badge: Konsool

Nicolai Electronics · retrieved 2026-05-15

Tanmatsu

Primary commercial/product source for Tanmatsu as a preassembled Konsool-derived handheld, including hardware summary and availability framing.

Badge: Konsool

Nicolai Electronics · retrieved 2026-05-15

Tanmatsu - March 25 update

Primary production-update source for firmware, app, documentation, module, and compliance status.

Badge: Konsool

Nicolai Electronics · retrieved 2026-05-15

Tanmatsu user manual

Primary manual source for getting started, software setup, apps, firmware, and add-ons.

Badge: Konsool