Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32S3 (SS113991114)

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I had this same question answered in detail here.

Diodes for powering ESP32S3 Xiao

All I’m wanting to do is drive this strip below with a micro controller. I’ve got a 5v 3A power supply which is hard connected to my bread board. It’s directly powering the strip and I’d like to power my micro controller too. I guess then I’m looking for a board that can be powered off the pins. The Xiao ESP32S3 looks promising. Here it talks about powering the it through the 5v Line. 5V [pin] - This is 5v out from the USB port. You can also use this as a voltage input but you must have s…