XIAO ESP32-C3 on bootloop when using Adafruit Neopixel library

your code,

// NeoPixel Ring simple sketch (c) 2013 Shae Erisson
// Released under the GPLv3 license to match the rest of the
// Adafruit NeoPixel library

#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
#ifdef AVR
#include <avr/power.h> // Required for 16 MHz Adafruit Trinket
#endif

// Which pin on the Arduino is connected to the NeoPixels?
#define PIN 10 // On Trinket or Gemma, suggest changing this to 1

// How many NeoPixels are attached to the Arduino?
#define NUMPIXELS 16 // Popular NeoPixel ring size

// When setting up the NeoPixel library, we tell it how many pixels,
// and which pin to use to send signals. Note that for older NeoPixel
// strips you might need to change the third parameter – see the
// strandtest example for more information on possible values.
Adafruit_NeoPixel pixels(NUMPIXELS, PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);

#define DELAYVAL 500 // Time (in milliseconds) to pause between pixels

void setup() {
// These lines are specifically to support the Adafruit Trinket 5V 16 MHz.
// Any other board, you can remove this part (but no harm leaving it):
#if defined(AVR_ATtiny85) && (F_CPU == 16000000)
clock_prescale_set(clock_div_1);
#endif
// END of Trinket-specific code.

pixels.begin(); // INITIALIZE NeoPixel strip object (REQUIRED)
}

void loop() {
pixels.clear(); // Set all pixel colors to ‘off’

// The first NeoPixel in a strand is #0, second is 1, all the way up
// to the count of pixels minus one.
for(int i=0; i<NUMPIXELS; i++) { // For each pixel…

// pixels.Color() takes RGB values, from 0,0,0 up to 255,255,255
// Here we're using a moderately bright green color:
pixels.setPixelColor(i, pixels.Color(0, 150, 0));

pixels.show();   // Send the updated pixel colors to the hardware.

delay(DELAYVAL); // Pause before next pass through loop
}
}

after I loaded the Adafruit NeoPixel 1.10.7. lib Compiled AOK, and Uploaded AOK.

This is what I got after uploading as-is and pressing reset upon successful reset.

rst:0x15 (USB_UART_CHIP_RESET),boot:0x8 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
Saved PC:0x4200ee6e
SPIWP:0xee
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fcd6100,len:0x438
load:0x403ce000,len:0x918
load:0x403d0000,len:0x24e4
entry 0x403ce000

HTH
to recover I loaded this and it’s back to working correctly.

/* The true ESP32 chip ID is essentially its MAC address.
This sketch provides an alternate chip ID that matches 
the output of the ESP.getChipId() function on ESP8266 
(i.e. a 32-bit integer matching the last 3 bytes of 
the MAC address. This is less unique than the 
MAC address chip ID, but is helpful when you need 
an identifier that can be no more than a 32-bit integer 
(like for switch...case).

created 2020-06-07 by cweinhofer
with help from Cicicok */
	
uint32_t chipId = 0;

void setup() {
	Serial.begin(9600);
  delay (2000);

  for(int i=0; i<17; i=i+8) {
	  chipId |= ((ESP.getEfuseMac() >> (40 - i)) & 0xff) << i;
	}

	Serial.printf("ESP32 Chip model = %s Rev %d\n", ESP.getChipModel(), ESP.getChipRevision());
	Serial.printf("This chip has %d cores\n", ESP.getChipCores());
  Serial.print("Chip ID: "); Serial.println(chipId);
  
	delay(3000);
}

void loop() {
	

}

Serial output after…

ESP32 Chip model = ESP32-C3 Rev 3
This chip has 1 cores
Chip ID: 4196588

GL :slight_smile: