title: Converting PySerial Readline From String to Binary
body: <p>I'm sending the bytestring 0x0F, 0x07, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55 from a PIC microcontroller.</p>
  
  <p>Over the serial port with Python I am using the readlines() command in PySerial. I receive:</p>
  
  <pre><code>['\x0f\x07UUU']
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This does indeed correspond to the bytestring I sent, but it is formatted using what looks like a strange combination of hexadecimal and ASCII characters. What would be a good way to format this back to 0x0F, 0x07, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55 ?</p>