From 3ecae3f16ff13e7427b8fecf9848f454b4399687 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vegetto <github@angelnu.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 14:31:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #858 - esphome crashes with neolightbus and RMT (#1667)

Co-authored-by: Otto Winter <otto@otto-winter.com>
---
 esphome/components/neopixelbus/neopixelbus_light.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/neopixelbus/neopixelbus_light.h b/esphome/components/neopixelbus/neopixelbus_light.h
index 46601d8345..2f279e1c9b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/neopixelbus/neopixelbus_light.h
+++ b/esphome/components/neopixelbus/neopixelbus_light.h
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ class NeoPixelBusLightOutputBase : public light::AddressableLight {
   void add_leds(uint16_t count_pixels) { this->add_leds(new NeoPixelBus<T_COLOR_FEATURE, T_METHOD>(count_pixels)); }
   void add_leds(NeoPixelBus<T_COLOR_FEATURE, T_METHOD> *controller) {
     this->controller_ = controller;
-    this->controller_->Begin();
+    // controller gets initialised in setup() - avoid calling twice (crashes with RMT)
+    // this->controller_->Begin();
   }
 
   // ========== INTERNAL METHODS ==========