diff --git a/esphome/components/light/addressable_light.h b/esphome/components/light/addressable_light.h
index 2b2c0ca7e4..8302239d6a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/light/addressable_light.h
+++ b/esphome/components/light/addressable_light.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class AddressableLight : public LightOutput, public Component {
   void mark_shown_() {
 #ifdef USE_POWER_SUPPLY
     for (const auto &c : *this) {
-      if (c.get().is_on()) {
+      if (c.get_red_raw() > 0 || c.get_green_raw() > 0 || c.get_blue_raw() > 0 || c.get_white_raw() > 0) {
         this->power_.request();
         return;
       }
diff --git a/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter.h b/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter.h
index 733ac5e50d..a4235e875f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter.h
+++ b/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter.h
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ class RemoteTransmitterComponent : public remote_base::RemoteTransmitterBase,
   void mark_(uint32_t on_time, uint32_t off_time, uint32_t usec);
 
   void space_(uint32_t usec);
+
+  void await_target_time_();
+  uint32_t target_time_;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_ESP32
diff --git a/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter_esp8266.cpp b/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter_esp8266.cpp
index 74e62d4e3b..39752cac5b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter_esp8266.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter_esp8266.cpp
@@ -33,56 +33,64 @@ void RemoteTransmitterComponent::calculate_on_off_time_(uint32_t carrier_frequen
   *off_time_period = period - *on_time_period;
 }
 
+void RemoteTransmitterComponent::await_target_time_() {
+  const uint32_t current_time = micros();
+  if (this->target_time_ == 0)
+    this->target_time_ = current_time;
+  else if (this->target_time_ > current_time)
+    delayMicroseconds(this->target_time_ - current_time);
+}
+
 void RemoteTransmitterComponent::mark_(uint32_t on_time, uint32_t off_time, uint32_t usec) {
-  if (this->carrier_duty_percent_ == 100 || (on_time == 0 && off_time == 0)) {
-    this->pin_->digital_write(true);
-    delayMicroseconds(usec);
-    this->pin_->digital_write(false);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const uint32_t start_time = micros();
-  uint32_t current_time = start_time;
-
-  while (current_time - start_time < usec) {
-    const uint32_t elapsed = current_time - start_time;
-    this->pin_->digital_write(true);
-
-    delayMicroseconds(std::min(on_time, usec - elapsed));
-    this->pin_->digital_write(false);
-    if (elapsed + on_time >= usec)
-      return;
-
-    delayMicroseconds(std::min(usec - elapsed - on_time, off_time));
-
-    current_time = micros();
+  this->await_target_time_();
+  this->pin_->digital_write(true);
+
+  const uint32_t target = this->target_time_ + usec;
+  if (this->carrier_duty_percent_ < 100 && (on_time > 0 || off_time > 0)) {
+    while (true) {  // Modulate with carrier frequency
+      this->target_time_ += on_time;
+      if (this->target_time_ >= target)
+        break;
+      this->await_target_time_();
+      this->pin_->digital_write(false);
+
+      this->target_time_ += off_time;
+      if (this->target_time_ >= target)
+        break;
+      this->await_target_time_();
+      this->pin_->digital_write(true);
+    }
   }
+  this->target_time_ = target;
 }
+
 void RemoteTransmitterComponent::space_(uint32_t usec) {
+  this->await_target_time_();
   this->pin_->digital_write(false);
-  delayMicroseconds(usec);
+  this->target_time_ += usec;
 }
+
 void RemoteTransmitterComponent::send_internal(uint32_t send_times, uint32_t send_wait) {
   ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Sending remote code...");
   uint32_t on_time, off_time;
   this->calculate_on_off_time_(this->temp_.get_carrier_frequency(), &on_time, &off_time);
+  this->target_time_ = 0;
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < send_times; i++) {
-    {
-      InterruptLock lock;
-      for (int32_t item : this->temp_.get_data()) {
-        if (item > 0) {
-          const auto length = uint32_t(item);
-          this->mark_(on_time, off_time, length);
-        } else {
-          const auto length = uint32_t(-item);
-          this->space_(length);
-        }
-        App.feed_wdt();
+    for (int32_t item : this->temp_.get_data()) {
+      if (item > 0) {
+        const auto length = uint32_t(item);
+        this->mark_(on_time, off_time, length);
+      } else {
+        const auto length = uint32_t(-item);
+        this->space_(length);
       }
+      App.feed_wdt();
     }
+    this->await_target_time_();  // wait for duration of last pulse
+    this->pin_->digital_write(false);
 
     if (i + 1 < send_times)
-      delayMicroseconds(send_wait);
+      this->target_time_ += send_wait;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/template/number/__init__.py b/esphome/components/template/number/__init__.py
index 887f6b15ad..3dec7066d3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/template/number/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/template/number/__init__.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ def validate(config):
             raise cv.Invalid("initial_value cannot be used with lambda")
         if CONF_RESTORE_VALUE in config:
             raise cv.Invalid("restore_value cannot be used with lambda")
+    elif CONF_INITIAL_VALUE not in config:
+        config[CONF_INITIAL_VALUE] = config[CONF_MIN_VALUE]
+
     if not config[CONF_OPTIMISTIC] and CONF_SET_ACTION not in config:
         raise cv.Invalid(
             "Either optimistic mode must be enabled, or set_action must be set, to handle the number being set."
@@ -80,8 +83,7 @@ async def to_code(config):
 
     else:
         cg.add(var.set_optimistic(config[CONF_OPTIMISTIC]))
-        if CONF_INITIAL_VALUE in config:
-            cg.add(var.set_initial_value(config[CONF_INITIAL_VALUE]))
+        cg.add(var.set_initial_value(config[CONF_INITIAL_VALUE]))
         if CONF_RESTORE_VALUE in config:
             cg.add(var.set_restore_value(config[CONF_RESTORE_VALUE]))
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/uart/__init__.py b/esphome/components/uart/__init__.py
index 35af3eedf7..53209dfc7b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/uart/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/uart/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_DATA,
     CONF_RX_BUFFER_SIZE,
     CONF_INVERT,
+    CONF_TRIGGER_ID,
+    CONF_SEQUENCE,
+    CONF_TIMEOUT,
+    CONF_DEBUG,
+    CONF_DIRECTION,
+    CONF_AFTER,
+    CONF_BYTES,
+    CONF_DELIMITER,
+    CONF_DUMMY_RECEIVER,
+    CONF_DUMMY_RECEIVER_ID,
 )
 from esphome.core import CORE
 
@@ -31,6 +41,8 @@ ESP8266UartComponent = uart_ns.class_(
 
 UARTDevice = uart_ns.class_("UARTDevice")
 UARTWriteAction = uart_ns.class_("UARTWriteAction", automation.Action)
+UARTDebugger = uart_ns.class_("UARTDebugger", cg.Component, automation.Action)
+UARTDummyReceiver = uart_ns.class_("UARTDummyReceiver", cg.Component)
 MULTI_CONF = True
 
 
@@ -75,6 +87,34 @@ CONF_STOP_BITS = "stop_bits"
 CONF_DATA_BITS = "data_bits"
 CONF_PARITY = "parity"
 
+UARTDirection = uart_ns.enum("UARTDirection")
+UART_DIRECTIONS = {
+    "RX": UARTDirection.UART_DIRECTION_RX,
+    "TX": UARTDirection.UART_DIRECTION_TX,
+    "BOTH": UARTDirection.UART_DIRECTION_BOTH,
+}
+
+DEBUG_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
+    {
+        cv.GenerateID(CONF_TRIGGER_ID): cv.declare_id(UARTDebugger),
+        cv.Optional(CONF_DIRECTION, default="BOTH"): cv.enum(
+            UART_DIRECTIONS, upper=True
+        ),
+        cv.Optional(CONF_AFTER): cv.Schema(
+            {
+                cv.Optional(CONF_BYTES, default=256): cv.validate_bytes,
+                cv.Optional(
+                    CONF_TIMEOUT, default="100ms"
+                ): cv.positive_time_period_milliseconds,
+                cv.Optional(CONF_DELIMITER): cv.templatable(validate_raw_data),
+            }
+        ),
+        cv.Required(CONF_SEQUENCE): automation.validate_automation(),
+        cv.Optional(CONF_DUMMY_RECEIVER, default=False): cv.boolean,
+        cv.GenerateID(CONF_DUMMY_RECEIVER_ID): cv.declare_id(UARTDummyReceiver),
+    }
+)
+
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
     cv.Schema(
         {
@@ -91,12 +131,38 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
             cv.Optional(CONF_INVERT): cv.invalid(
                 "This option has been removed. Please instead use invert in the tx/rx pin schemas."
             ),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_DEBUG): DEBUG_SCHEMA,
         }
     ).extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA),
     cv.has_at_least_one_key(CONF_TX_PIN, CONF_RX_PIN),
 )
 
 
+async def debug_to_code(config, parent):
+    trigger = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_TRIGGER_ID], parent)
+    await cg.register_component(trigger, config)
+    for action in config[CONF_SEQUENCE]:
+        await automation.build_automation(
+            trigger,
+            [(UARTDirection, "direction"), (cg.std_vector.template(cg.uint8), "bytes")],
+            action,
+        )
+    cg.add(trigger.set_direction(config[CONF_DIRECTION]))
+    after = config[CONF_AFTER]
+    cg.add(trigger.set_after_bytes(after[CONF_BYTES]))
+    cg.add(trigger.set_after_timeout(after[CONF_TIMEOUT]))
+    if CONF_DELIMITER in after:
+        data = after[CONF_DELIMITER]
+        if isinstance(data, bytes):
+            data = list(data)
+        for byte in after[CONF_DELIMITER]:
+            cg.add(trigger.add_delimiter_byte(byte))
+    if config[CONF_DUMMY_RECEIVER]:
+        dummy = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_DUMMY_RECEIVER_ID], parent)
+        await cg.register_component(dummy, {})
+    cg.add_define("USE_UART_DEBUGGER")
+
+
 async def to_code(config):
     cg.add_global(uart_ns.using)
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
@@ -115,6 +181,9 @@ async def to_code(config):
     cg.add(var.set_data_bits(config[CONF_DATA_BITS]))
     cg.add(var.set_parity(config[CONF_PARITY]))
 
+    if CONF_DEBUG in config:
+        await debug_to_code(config[CONF_DEBUG], var)
+
 
 # A schema to use for all UART devices, all UART integrations must extend this!
 UART_DEVICE_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
diff --git a/esphome/components/uart/uart.h b/esphome/components/uart/uart.h
index c368f9ed6b..d41dbe26e6 100644
--- a/esphome/components/uart/uart.h
+++ b/esphome/components/uart/uart.h
@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@ class UARTDevice {
   // Compat APIs
   int read() {
     uint8_t data;
-    if (!read_byte(&data))
+    if (!this->read_byte(&data))
       return -1;
     return data;
   }
   size_t write(uint8_t data) {
-    write_byte(data);
+    this->write_byte(data);
     return 1;
   }
   int peek() {
     uint8_t data;
-    if (!peek_byte(&data))
+    if (!this->peek_byte(&data))
       return -1;
     return data;
   }
diff --git a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component.h b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component.h
index de85cd2ca3..73694d3db7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component.h
+++ b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component.h
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 
 #include <vector>
 #include <cstring>
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/core/hal.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
+#ifdef USE_UART_DEBUGGER
+#include "esphome/core/automation.h"
+#endif
 
 namespace esphome {
 namespace uart {
@@ -15,6 +19,14 @@ enum UARTParityOptions {
   UART_CONFIG_PARITY_ODD,
 };
 
+#ifdef USE_UART_DEBUGGER
+enum UARTDirection {
+  UART_DIRECTION_RX,
+  UART_DIRECTION_TX,
+  UART_DIRECTION_BOTH,
+};
+#endif
+
 const LogString *parity_to_str(UARTParityOptions parity);
 
 class UARTComponent {
@@ -50,6 +62,12 @@ class UARTComponent {
   void set_baud_rate(uint32_t baud_rate) { baud_rate_ = baud_rate; }
   uint32_t get_baud_rate() const { return baud_rate_; }
 
+#ifdef USE_UART_DEBUGGER
+  void add_debug_callback(std::function<void(UARTDirection, uint8_t)> &&callback) {
+    this->debug_callback_.add(std::move(callback));
+  }
+#endif
+
  protected:
   virtual void check_logger_conflict() = 0;
   bool check_read_timeout_(size_t len = 1);
@@ -61,6 +79,9 @@ class UARTComponent {
   uint8_t stop_bits_;
   uint8_t data_bits_;
   UARTParityOptions parity_;
+#ifdef USE_UART_DEBUGGER
+  CallbackManager<void(UARTDirection, uint8_t)> debug_callback_{};
+#endif
 };
 
 }  // namespace uart
diff --git a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp32_arduino.cpp b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp32_arduino.cpp
index 1b1ce382f2..95cdde4a43 100644
--- a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp32_arduino.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp32_arduino.cpp
@@ -117,26 +117,32 @@ void ESP32ArduinoUARTComponent::dump_config() {
 
 void ESP32ArduinoUARTComponent::write_array(const uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
   this->hw_serial_->write(data, len);
+#ifdef USE_UART_DEBUGGER
   for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "    Wrote 0b" BYTE_TO_BINARY_PATTERN " (0x%02X)", BYTE_TO_BINARY(data[i]), data[i]);
+    this->debug_callback_.call(UART_DIRECTION_TX, data[i]);
   }
+#endif
 }
+
 bool ESP32ArduinoUARTComponent::peek_byte(uint8_t *data) {
   if (!this->check_read_timeout_())
     return false;
   *data = this->hw_serial_->peek();
   return true;
 }
+
 bool ESP32ArduinoUARTComponent::read_array(uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
   if (!this->check_read_timeout_(len))
     return false;
   this->hw_serial_->readBytes(data, len);
+#ifdef USE_UART_DEBUGGER
   for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "    Read 0b" BYTE_TO_BINARY_PATTERN " (0x%02X)", BYTE_TO_BINARY(data[i]), data[i]);
+    this->debug_callback_.call(UART_DIRECTION_RX, data[i]);
   }
-
+#endif
   return true;
 }
+
 int ESP32ArduinoUARTComponent::available() { return this->hw_serial_->available(); }
 void ESP32ArduinoUARTComponent::flush() {
   ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "    Flushing...");
diff --git a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp8266.cpp b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp8266.cpp
index 973306cde2..c367de05bb 100644
--- a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp8266.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp8266.cpp
@@ -130,9 +130,11 @@ void ESP8266UartComponent::write_array(const uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++)
       this->sw_serial_->write_byte(data[i]);
   }
+#ifdef USE_UART_DEBUGGER
   for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "    Wrote 0b" BYTE_TO_BINARY_PATTERN " (0x%02X)", BYTE_TO_BINARY(data[i]), data[i]);
+    this->debug_callback_.call(UART_DIRECTION_TX, data[i]);
   }
+#endif
 }
 bool ESP8266UartComponent::peek_byte(uint8_t *data) {
   if (!this->check_read_timeout_())
@@ -153,10 +155,11 @@ bool ESP8266UartComponent::read_array(uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++)
       data[i] = this->sw_serial_->read_byte();
   }
+#ifdef USE_UART_DEBUGGER
   for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "    Read 0b" BYTE_TO_BINARY_PATTERN " (0x%02X)", BYTE_TO_BINARY(data[i]), data[i]);
+    this->debug_callback_.call(UART_DIRECTION_RX, data[i]);
   }
-
+#endif
   return true;
 }
 int ESP8266UartComponent::available() {
diff --git a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp_idf.cpp
index 1cccd5821e..4d6a6af0fc 100644
--- a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp_idf.cpp
@@ -130,10 +130,13 @@ void IDFUARTComponent::write_array(const uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
   xSemaphoreTake(this->lock_, portMAX_DELAY);
   uart_write_bytes(this->uart_num_, data, len);
   xSemaphoreGive(this->lock_);
+#ifdef USE_UART_DEBUGGER
   for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "    Wrote 0b" BYTE_TO_BINARY_PATTERN " (0x%02X)", BYTE_TO_BINARY(data[i]), data[i]);
+    this->debug_callback_.call(UART_DIRECTION_TX, data[i]);
   }
+#endif
 }
+
 bool IDFUARTComponent::peek_byte(uint8_t *data) {
   if (!this->check_read_timeout_())
     return false;
@@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ bool IDFUARTComponent::peek_byte(uint8_t *data) {
   xSemaphoreGive(this->lock_);
   return true;
 }
+
 bool IDFUARTComponent::read_array(uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
   size_t length_to_read = len;
   if (!this->check_read_timeout_(len))
@@ -165,12 +169,12 @@ bool IDFUARTComponent::read_array(uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
   }
   if (length_to_read > 0)
     uart_read_bytes(this->uart_num_, data, length_to_read, 20 / portTICK_RATE_MS);
-
   xSemaphoreGive(this->lock_);
+#ifdef USE_UART_DEBUGGER
   for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "    Read 0b" BYTE_TO_BINARY_PATTERN " (0x%02X)", BYTE_TO_BINARY(data[i]), data[i]);
+    this->debug_callback_.call(UART_DIRECTION_RX, data[i]);
   }
-
+#endif
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/uart/uart_debugger.cpp b/esphome/components/uart/uart_debugger.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a535656a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esphome/components/uart/uart_debugger.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+#ifdef USE_UART_DEBUGGER
+
+#include <vector>
+#include "uart_debugger.h"
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
+
+namespace esphome {
+namespace uart {
+
+static const char *const TAG = "uart_debug";
+
+UARTDebugger::UARTDebugger(UARTComponent *parent) {
+  parent->add_debug_callback([this](UARTDirection direction, uint8_t byte) {
+    if (!this->is_my_direction_(direction) || this->is_recursive_()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this->trigger_after_direction_change_(direction);
+    this->store_byte_(direction, byte);
+    this->trigger_after_delimiter_(byte);
+    this->trigger_after_bytes_();
+  });
+}
+
+void UARTDebugger::loop() { this->trigger_after_timeout_(); }
+
+bool UARTDebugger::is_my_direction_(UARTDirection direction) {
+  return this->for_direction_ == UART_DIRECTION_BOTH || this->for_direction_ == direction;
+}
+
+bool UARTDebugger::is_recursive_() { return this->is_triggering_; }
+
+void UARTDebugger::trigger_after_direction_change_(UARTDirection direction) {
+  if (this->has_buffered_bytes_() && this->for_direction_ == UART_DIRECTION_BOTH &&
+      this->last_direction_ != direction) {
+    this->fire_trigger_();
+  }
+}
+
+void UARTDebugger::store_byte_(UARTDirection direction, uint8_t byte) {
+  this->bytes_.push_back(byte);
+  this->last_direction_ = direction;
+  this->last_time_ = millis();
+}
+
+void UARTDebugger::trigger_after_delimiter_(uint8_t byte) {
+  if (this->after_delimiter_.empty() || !this->has_buffered_bytes_()) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (this->after_delimiter_[this->after_delimiter_pos_] != byte) {
+    this->after_delimiter_pos_ = 0;
+    return;
+  }
+  this->after_delimiter_pos_++;
+  if (this->after_delimiter_pos_ == this->after_delimiter_.size()) {
+    this->fire_trigger_();
+    this->after_delimiter_pos_ = 0;
+  }
+}
+
+void UARTDebugger::trigger_after_bytes_() {
+  if (this->has_buffered_bytes_() && this->after_bytes_ > 0 && this->bytes_.size() >= this->after_bytes_) {
+    this->fire_trigger_();
+  }
+}
+
+void UARTDebugger::trigger_after_timeout_() {
+  if (this->has_buffered_bytes_() && this->after_timeout_ > 0 && millis() - this->last_time_ >= this->after_timeout_) {
+    this->fire_trigger_();
+  }
+}
+
+bool UARTDebugger::has_buffered_bytes_() { return !this->bytes_.empty(); }
+
+void UARTDebugger::fire_trigger_() {
+  this->is_triggering_ = true;
+  trigger(this->last_direction_, this->bytes_);
+  this->bytes_.clear();
+  this->is_triggering_ = false;
+}
+
+void UARTDummyReceiver::loop() {
+  // Reading up to a limited number of bytes, to make sure that this loop()
+  // won't lock up the system on a continuous incoming stream of bytes.
+  uint8_t data;
+  int count = 50;
+  while (this->available() && count--) {
+    this->read_byte(&data);
+  }
+}
+
+void UARTDebug::log_hex(UARTDirection direction, std::vector<uint8_t> bytes, uint8_t separator) {
+  std::string res;
+  if (direction == UART_DIRECTION_RX) {
+    res += "<<< ";
+  } else {
+    res += ">>> ";
+  }
+  size_t len = bytes.size();
+  char buf[5];
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    if (i > 0) {
+      res += separator;
+    }
+    sprintf(buf, "%02X", bytes[i]);
+    res += buf;
+  }
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s", res.c_str());
+}
+
+void UARTDebug::log_string(UARTDirection direction, std::vector<uint8_t> bytes) {
+  std::string res;
+  if (direction == UART_DIRECTION_RX) {
+    res += "<<< \"";
+  } else {
+    res += ">>> \"";
+  }
+  size_t len = bytes.size();
+  char buf[5];
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    if (bytes[i] == 7) {
+      res += "\\a";
+    } else if (bytes[i] == 8) {
+      res += "\\b";
+    } else if (bytes[i] == 9) {
+      res += "\\t";
+    } else if (bytes[i] == 10) {
+      res += "\\n";
+    } else if (bytes[i] == 11) {
+      res += "\\v";
+    } else if (bytes[i] == 12) {
+      res += "\\f";
+    } else if (bytes[i] == 13) {
+      res += "\\r";
+    } else if (bytes[i] == 27) {
+      res += "\\e";
+    } else if (bytes[i] == 34) {
+      res += "\\\"";
+    } else if (bytes[i] == 39) {
+      res += "\\'";
+    } else if (bytes[i] == 92) {
+      res += "\\\\";
+    } else if (bytes[i] < 32 || bytes[i] > 127) {
+      sprintf(buf, "\\x%02X", bytes[i]);
+      res += buf;
+    } else {
+      res += bytes[i];
+    }
+  }
+  res += '"';
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s", res.c_str());
+}
+
+void UARTDebug::log_int(UARTDirection direction, std::vector<uint8_t> bytes, uint8_t separator) {
+  std::string res;
+  size_t len = bytes.size();
+  if (direction == UART_DIRECTION_RX) {
+    res += "<<< ";
+  } else {
+    res += ">>> ";
+  }
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    if (i > 0) {
+      res += separator;
+    }
+    res += to_string(bytes[i]);
+  }
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s", res.c_str());
+}
+
+void UARTDebug::log_binary(UARTDirection direction, std::vector<uint8_t> bytes, uint8_t separator) {
+  std::string res;
+  size_t len = bytes.size();
+  if (direction == UART_DIRECTION_RX) {
+    res += "<<< ";
+  } else {
+    res += ">>> ";
+  }
+  char buf[20];
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    if (i > 0) {
+      res += separator;
+    }
+    sprintf(buf, "0b" BYTE_TO_BINARY_PATTERN " (0x%02X)", BYTE_TO_BINARY(bytes[i]), bytes[i]);
+    res += buf;
+  }
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s", res.c_str());
+}
+
+}  // namespace uart
+}  // namespace esphome
+#endif
diff --git a/esphome/components/uart/uart_debugger.h b/esphome/components/uart/uart_debugger.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e84bbe450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esphome/components/uart/uart_debugger.h
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+#ifdef USE_UART_DEBUGGER
+
+#include <vector>
+#include "esphome/core/component.h"
+#include "esphome/core/automation.h"
+#include "uart.h"
+#include "uart_component.h"
+
+namespace esphome {
+namespace uart {
+
+/// The UARTDebugger class adds debugging support to a UART bus.
+///
+/// It accumulates bytes that travel over the UART bus and triggers one or
+/// more actions that can log the data at an appropriate time. What
+/// 'appropriate time' means exactly, is determined by a number of
+/// configurable constraints. E.g. when a given number of bytes is gathered
+/// and/or when no more data has been seen for a given time interval.
+class UARTDebugger : public Component, public Trigger<UARTDirection, std::vector<uint8_t>> {
+ public:
+  explicit UARTDebugger(UARTComponent *parent);
+  void loop() override;
+
+  /// Set the direction in which to inspect the bytes: incoming, outgoing
+  /// or both. When debugging in both directions, logging will be triggered
+  /// when the direction of the data stream changes.
+  void set_direction(UARTDirection direction) { this->for_direction_ = direction; }
+
+  /// Set the maximum number of bytes to accumulate. When the number of bytes
+  /// is reached, logging will be triggered.
+  void set_after_bytes(size_t size) { this->after_bytes_ = size; }
+
+  /// Set a timeout for the data stream. When no new bytes are seen during
+  /// this timeout, logging will be triggered.
+  void set_after_timeout(uint32_t timeout) { this->after_timeout_ = timeout; }
+
+  /// Add a delimiter byte. This can be called multiple times to setup a
+  /// multi-byte delimiter (a typical example would be '\r\n').
+  /// When the constructued byte sequence is found in the data stream,
+  /// logging will be triggered.
+  void add_delimiter_byte(uint8_t byte) { this->after_delimiter_.push_back(byte); }
+
+ protected:
+  UARTDirection for_direction_;
+  UARTDirection last_direction_{};
+  std::vector<uint8_t> bytes_{};
+  size_t after_bytes_;
+  uint32_t after_timeout_;
+  uint32_t last_time_{};
+  std::vector<uint8_t> after_delimiter_{};
+  size_t after_delimiter_pos_{};
+  bool is_triggering_{false};
+
+  bool is_my_direction_(UARTDirection direction);
+  bool is_recursive_();
+  void store_byte_(UARTDirection direction, uint8_t byte);
+  void trigger_after_direction_change_(UARTDirection direction);
+  void trigger_after_delimiter_(uint8_t byte);
+  void trigger_after_bytes_();
+  void trigger_after_timeout_();
+  bool has_buffered_bytes_();
+  void fire_trigger_();
+};
+
+/// This UARTDevice is used by the serial debugger to read data from a
+/// serial interface when the 'dummy_receiver' option is enabled.
+/// The data are not stored, nor processed. This is most useful when the
+/// debugger is used to reverse engineer a serial protocol, for which no
+/// specific UARTDevice implementation exists (yet), but for which the
+/// incoming bytes must be read to drive the debugger.
+class UARTDummyReceiver : public Component, public UARTDevice {
+ public:
+  UARTDummyReceiver(UARTComponent *parent) : UARTDevice(parent) {}
+  void loop() override;
+};
+
+/// This class contains some static methods, that can be used to easily
+/// create a logging action for the debugger.
+class UARTDebug {
+ public:
+  /// Log the bytes as hex values, separated by the provided separator
+  /// character.
+  static void log_hex(UARTDirection direction, std::vector<uint8_t> bytes, uint8_t separator);
+
+  /// Log the bytes as string values, escaping unprintable characters.
+  static void log_string(UARTDirection direction, std::vector<uint8_t> bytes);
+
+  /// Log the bytes as integer values, separated by the provided separator
+  /// character.
+  static void log_int(UARTDirection direction, std::vector<uint8_t> bytes, uint8_t separator);
+
+  /// Log the bytes as '<binary> (<hex>)' values, separated by the provided
+  /// separator.
+  static void log_binary(UARTDirection direction, std::vector<uint8_t> bytes, uint8_t separator);
+};
+
+}  // namespace uart
+}  // namespace esphome
+#endif
diff --git a/esphome/const.py b/esphome/const.py
index 26fd514173..065145761b 100644
--- a/esphome/const.py
+++ b/esphome/const.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Constants used by esphome."""
 
-__version__ = "2021.11.0b1"
+__version__ = "2021.11.0b2"
 
 ALLOWED_NAME_CHARS = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_"
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ ARDUINO_VERSION_ESP8266 = {
 SOURCE_FILE_EXTENSIONS = {".cpp", ".hpp", ".h", ".c", ".tcc", ".ino"}
 HEADER_FILE_EXTENSIONS = {".h", ".hpp", ".tcc"}
 
+
 CONF_ABOVE = "above"
 CONF_ACCELERATION = "acceleration"
 CONF_ACCELERATION_X = "acceleration_x"
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ CONF_ACTIVE_POWER = "active_power"
 CONF_ADDRESS = "address"
 CONF_ADDRESSABLE_LIGHT_ID = "addressable_light_id"
 CONF_ADVANCED = "advanced"
+CONF_AFTER = "after"
 CONF_ALPHA = "alpha"
 CONF_ALTITUDE = "altitude"
 CONF_AND = "and"
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ CONF_BUFFER_SIZE = "buffer_size"
 CONF_BUILD_PATH = "build_path"
 CONF_BUS_VOLTAGE = "bus_voltage"
 CONF_BUSY_PIN = "busy_pin"
+CONF_BYTES = "bytes"
 CONF_CALCULATED_LUX = "calculated_lux"
 CONF_CALIBRATE_LINEAR = "calibrate_linear"
 CONF_CALIBRATION = "calibration"
@@ -164,6 +167,7 @@ CONF_DAYS_OF_WEEK = "days_of_week"
 CONF_DC_PIN = "dc_pin"
 CONF_DEASSERT_RTS_DTR = "deassert_rts_dtr"
 CONF_DEBOUNCE = "debounce"
+CONF_DEBUG = "debug"
 CONF_DECAY_MODE = "decay_mode"
 CONF_DECELERATION = "deceleration"
 CONF_DEFAULT_MODE = "default_mode"
@@ -171,6 +175,7 @@ CONF_DEFAULT_TARGET_TEMPERATURE_HIGH = "default_target_temperature_high"
 CONF_DEFAULT_TARGET_TEMPERATURE_LOW = "default_target_temperature_low"
 CONF_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LENGTH = "default_transition_length"
 CONF_DELAY = "delay"
+CONF_DELIMITER = "delimiter"
 CONF_DELTA = "delta"
 CONF_DEVICE = "device"
 CONF_DEVICE_CLASS = "device_class"
@@ -192,6 +197,8 @@ CONF_DNS2 = "dns2"
 CONF_DOMAIN = "domain"
 CONF_DRY_ACTION = "dry_action"
 CONF_DRY_MODE = "dry_mode"
+CONF_DUMMY_RECEIVER = "dummy_receiver"
+CONF_DUMMY_RECEIVER_ID = "dummy_receiver_id"
 CONF_DUMP = "dump"
 CONF_DURATION = "duration"
 CONF_EAP = "eap"
diff --git a/esphome/core/defines.h b/esphome/core/defines.h
index 94fac73906..e679fe1cef 100644
--- a/esphome/core/defines.h
+++ b/esphome/core/defines.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #define USE_SWITCH
 #define USE_TEXT_SENSOR
 #define USE_TIME
+#define USE_UART_DEBUGGER
 #define USE_WEBSERVER
 #define USE_WIFI
 
diff --git a/tests/test1.yaml b/tests/test1.yaml
index dee7493bf2..04d928e1b8 100644
--- a/tests/test1.yaml
+++ b/tests/test1.yaml
@@ -193,6 +193,18 @@ uart:
     data_bits: 8
     stop_bits: 1
     rx_buffer_size: 512
+    debug:
+      dummy_receiver: true
+      direction: both
+      after:
+        bytes: 50
+        timeout: 500ms
+        delimiter: "\r\n"
+      sequence:
+        - lambda: UARTDebug::log_hex(direction, bytes, ':');
+        - lambda: UARTDebug::log_string(direction, bytes);
+        - lambda: UARTDebug::log_int(direction, bytes, ',');
+        - lambda: UARTDebug::log_binary(direction, bytes, ';');
 
   - id: adalight_uart
     tx_pin: GPIO25