If I had a son like that, I’ll exercise extreme privacy. I don’t think this woman realises the security implications for her and her family by putting this on the internet. I mean I understand the desire to brag but ffs this is the exact thing intelligence agencies are looking for.

Heh, I remember playing with basic circuits with transistors and stuff when I was about 14. Of course we had to read books back then, not have fancy computer displays!

Oooh Kicad ♥️♥️

A signal jammer? Lol the danger ...

The CC1000 goes from 300 to 1000 MHz according to the datasheet. Walkie talkie works at 27 MHz so no match. Ostensibly the CC1000 is "low power" too so not great for jamming.

The genius kid bro

This kid is awesome

Also that battery holder footprint looks like a coin cell battery. Powering the ESP32 and the radio off a coin cell battery? I have questions.

Actually, cheaper walkie-talkies work in pmr446 uhf unlicensed band, which falls within the cc1000/c1101 range. So, it is feasible. However, it will be only a toy because of its 100mw power limitation, which is consistent with a small button battery cell as the main power unit, although it would be depleted quickly. Nonetheless, if the 10y old boy understands what he's saying, he deserves an engineering scholarship. I didn't work on this kind of pcb designs until 3rd grade in engineering school.

Dunno. I didn't do this when I was 10 because we didn't have Kicad or anything that would realistically pass for a computer today.

Yep, neither did I. But kuddos to this kid, anyway. I bet 100% of his friends use their laptops for very different and far less educational purposes.