Nova SDS011 sensor. Code is free to use in own projects, but I don't provide any support nor don't make me liable if it is not working :)

nova_sensor.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

import serial, time, struct, array
from datetime import datetime

ser = serial.Serial()
ser.port = "/dev/ttyUSB0" # Set this to your serial port
ser.baudrate = 9600

ser.open()
ser.flushInput()

byte, lastbyte = "\x00", "\x00"
cnt = 0
while True:
    lastbyte = byte
    byte = ser.read(size=1)
#    print("Got byte %x" %ord(byte))
    # We got a valid packet header
    if lastbyte == "\xAA" and byte == "\xC0":
        sentence = ser.read(size=8) # Read 8 more bytes
#        print "Sentence size {}".format(len(sentence))
        readings = struct.unpack('<hhxxcc',sentence) # Decode the packet - big endian, 2 shorts for pm2.5 and pm10, 2 reserved bytes, checksum, message tail
#        print array.array('B',sentence)
        pm_25 = readings[0]/10.0
        pm_10 = readings[1]/10.0
        # ignoring the checksum and message tail
        
        if (cnt == 0 ):
            line = "PM 2.5: {} μg/m^3  PM 10: {} μg/m^3".format(pm_25, pm_10)
            print(datetime.now().strftime("%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S.%f: ")+line)
        cnt += 1
        if (cnt == 5):
            cnt = 0