fix: decode bytes and memoryview safely

src/navigate/model/device_startup_functions.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 # Third Party Imports
 
 # Local Imports
-from navigate.tools.common_functions import build_ref_name, load_param_from_module
+from navigate.tools.common_functions import build_ref_name, load_param_from_module, decode_bytes
 from navigate.tools.decorators import performance_monitor
 from navigate.model.devices.device_types import (
     SerialDevice,
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def build_connection(
             if serial_conn is not None:
                 serial_conn.write = performance_monitor(
                     prefix="Serial",
-                    display_args=lambda d: f"{str(port)}-{d.decode(errors='ignore')}"
+                    display_args=lambda d: f"{str(port)}-{decode_bytes(d)}"
                 )(serial_conn.write)
                 serial_conn.readline = performance_monitor(
                     prefix="Serial",

src/navigate/tools/common_functions.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 import importlib
 from threading import Lock
 from types import TracebackType
-from typing import Optional, Any, Type
+from typing import Optional, Any, Type, Union
 
 # Third-party imports
 
@@ -159,6 +159,29 @@ def load_param_from_module(module_name: str, param_name: str) -> Optional[any]:
     return param
 
 
+def decode_bytes(value: Union[bytes, memoryview]):
+    """Decode bytes or memoryview into readable string.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    value : bytes or memoryview
+        the value
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    result : str
+        a readable string
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, memoryview):
+        value = value.tobytes()
+
+    if not isinstance(value, (bytes, bytearray)):
+        return ""
+    try:
+        return value.decode(errors="ignore")
+    except Exception:
+        return ""
+
 class VariableWithLock:
     def __init__(self, variable_type: Any) -> None:
         """This class is a wrapper for a variable with a lock to ensure thread safety.