def decode_waveform(waveform):
    bit_count = len(waveform) * 8
    value_count = bit_count // 5
    if value_count == 0:
        return b""
        
    result = bytearray(value_count)
    for i in range(value_count - 1):
        byte_index, bit_shift = divmod(i * 5, 8)
        value = struct.unpack("<H", waveform[byte_index : byte_index + 2])[0]
        result[i] = (value >> bit_shift) & 0b00011111
        
    byte_index, bit_shift = divmod(value_count - 1, 8)
    if byte_index == len(waveform) - 1:
        value = waveform[byte_index]
    else:
        value = struct.unpack("<H", waveform[byte_index : byte_index + 2])[0]

    result[value_count - 1] = (value >> bit_shift) & 0b00011111
    return bytes(result)