Installing CircuitPython on SEEED XIAO ESP32-C3 about hacktag

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Enter the bootloader mode by holding the BOOT or 'B' and clicking the RESET or 'R' button once.

Then follow the following steps:

1. Find your device port using device manage on Windows.
2. Install esptool with pip install esptool.
3. Use the command esptool --port COM9 erase_flash to erase the flash on the ESP32 chip.
4. Use the command python3 -m esptool --port COM9 write_flash -z 0x0 firmware.bin to flash the chip with the CircuitPython firmware.
5. Once complete, connect to the board over Serial using an app like Putty with the correct port and baud rate. The default baud rate should be 115200.
6. Create a new file called settings.toml with the following commands:
   f = open("settings.toml", "w+")
f.write('CIRCUITPY_WIFI_SSID = "SSID"\n')
f.write('CIRCUITPY_WIFI_PASSWORD = "password"\n')
f.write('CIRCUITPY_WEB_API_PASSWORD = "api password"\n')
f.close()

CircuitPython is installed on the SEEED XIAO ESP32-C3!

Once connected to WiFi, use the following commands to find the IP address of the board;
import wifi
print(wifi.radio.ipv4_address)

Enter the IP address on a browser to view the connect to the web server. Where you can use the file browser, code editor and serial terminal directly on the web browser. Use the password set in CIRCUITPY_WEB_API_PASSWORD to login. You can view the device type and other information on the web-page. Note that when prompted for a username and password, you must leave the username field blank.

Docs: https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-with-esp32-quick-start/command-line-esptool
Firmware download link: https://circuitpython.org/board/seeed_xiao_esp32c3/