Xiao ESP32S3 as USB host while battery powered

Hi grobasoz, thank you very much for your reply. However it seems I wasn’t completely clear on this point. I do have the project working from a 5V supply, namely a small power bank. The problem is how to make it work with a 3.7 V LiPo battery. Because the same configuration that works perfectly well fed from 5V does not when trying to use a battery directly connected to the battery pads on the board.