diff --git a/esphome/core/helpers.h b/esphome/core/helpers.h
index 63706e8a19..5f9ab1fdd1 100644
--- a/esphome/core/helpers.h
+++ b/esphome/core/helpers.h
@@ -319,3 +319,18 @@ template<typename T> class Parented {
 uint32_t fnv1_hash(const std::string &str);
 
 }  // namespace esphome
+
+template<typename T> T *new_buffer(size_t length) {
+  T *buffer;
+#ifdef ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32
+  if (psramFound()) {
+    buffer = (T *) ps_malloc(length);
+  } else {
+    buffer = new T[length];
+  }
+#else
+  buffer = new T[length];
+#endif
+
+  return buffer;
+}  // namespace esphome
diff --git a/esphome/core/log.h b/esphome/core/log.h
index 361fbe1182..0eec28101f 100644
--- a/esphome/core/log.h
+++ b/esphome/core/log.h
@@ -160,5 +160,6 @@ int esp_idf_log_vprintf_(const char *format, va_list args);  // NOLINT
       ((byte) &0x08 ? '1' : '0'), ((byte) &0x04 ? '1' : '0'), ((byte) &0x02 ? '1' : '0'), ((byte) &0x01 ? '1' : '0')
 #define YESNO(b) ((b) ? "YES" : "NO")
 #define ONOFF(b) ((b) ? "ON" : "OFF")
+#define TRUEFALSE(b) ((b) ? "TRUE" : "FALSE")
 
 }  // namespace esphome