MCTRL R5
Sender / controller · MCTRL
- Capacity4.15 MP
- Outputs8 × RJ45
- Max. width3,840 px
- ModeSynchronous
Official product image — source: NovaStar.
NovaStar · Receiving card
A8s-N
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Armor Manufacturer class: Receiving Card
High-end full-featured small receiving card with NovaStar Image Booster technology, which calibrates the color gamut and grayscale of the screen and improves grayscale by 64 times. It uses high-density connectors and supports up to 32 groups of parallel RGB data or 64 groups of serial data (expandable to 128 groups).
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- Setup supportFor Colorlight, NovaStar and Huidu systems we do the setup by connecting remotely with AnyDesk; call us about mounting.
- Compatibility checkCompatibility with the other components is checked during configuration.
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Key specifications
View Technical Details- Capacity
- 147.5 K px
- Area
- 384×384
- Data groups
- 32
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Best suited for
- Driving a cabinet or module group of up to 384 × 384 pixels with a single card.
- Permanent installations that need temperature / voltage monitoring.
Key features (manufacturer)
- Up to 32 groups of parallel RGB data or 64 groups of serial data (expandable to 128 groups of serial data)
- Maximum load capacity per card with common driver ICs: 384×384@60Hz for 8bit video sources, 384×256@60Hz for 10bit and 12bit video sources
- Maximum load capacity per card with PWM driver ICs: 512×384@60Hz for 8bit video sources, 512×256@60Hz for 10bit and 12bit video sources
- With COEX controllers and 10bit video sources: 512×384@60Hz (PWM driver ICs) and 384×384@60Hz (common driver ICs)
- Image Booster: color management (Rec.709 / DCI-P3 / Rec.2020 and custom gamuts), precise grayscale and 22bit+ (grayscale improved 64 times); effects depend on driver IC
- HDR10 (SMPTE ST 2084 and SMPTE ST 2086) and HLG
- Low latency: for PWM driver ICs, video source latency on the receiving card end can be reduced to 1 frame
- Loop backup, dual card backup, and dual backup of configuration parameters, firmware program and calibration coefficients
Capacity and loading area
The card receives data over the Ethernet chain and drives the module group inside this area. The cabinet/module load cannot exceed this area or the capacity of 147,456 px.
Technical specifications
- Backup / redundant line
- HDR
- Pixel calibration
- Mapping
- Monitoring (temperature / voltage)
Capacity and outputs
- Loading capacity
- 147,456 px
- Official loading area
- 384 × 384 px
- Port speed
- 1 Gbps
- Data groups
- 32
- HUB interface
- High-density connectors ×2 (JH1, JH2)
Connectivity and software
- Software / platform
- NovaLCT, SmartLCT
Physical
- Dimensions
- 70.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 8.1 mm
- Weight
- 18.7 g
- Operating temperature
- -20°C to +70°C
- Input voltage
- DC 3.8 V to 5.5 V
- Power consumption
- 3.0 W
Manufacturer-specific technical data
In the manufacturer's own wording (the original English terms are kept).
Capacity
- Maximum load capacity per card (common driver ICs, 8bit video sources)
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384×384@60Hz
- Maximum load capacity per card (common driver ICs, 10bit and 12bit video sources)
-
384×256@60Hz
- Maximum load capacity per card (PWM driver ICs, 8bit video sources)
-
512×384@60Hz
- Maximum load capacity per card (PWM driver ICs, 10bit and 12bit video sources)
-
512×256@60Hz
- With COEX controllers and 10bit video sources
-
- 512×384@60Hz (PWM driver ICs)
- 384×384@60Hz (common driver ICs)
Network
- Ethernet
-
Gigabit Ethernet ports (Port1, Port2) on the high-density connector
Interfaces
- Parallel RGB data
-
Up to 32 groups
- Serial data
-
64 groups (expandable to 128 groups)
- Connectors
-
High-density connectors (JH1, JH2)
Control
- Mapping
-
Mapping 1.1 (the cabinet displays the Ethernet port, receiving card and controller numbers in different colors)
- Monitoring
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- Temperature and voltage monitoring without external devices
- bit error detection
- status detection of dual power supplies
- Backup
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Dual card backup, loop backup, dual backup of configuration parameters, dual program backup, dual backup of calibration coefficients
Display
- HDR
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HDR10 (SMPTE ST 2084 and SMPTE ST 2086), HLG
- Image Booster
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Color Management (Rec.709 / DCI-P3 / Rec.2020, custom gamuts), Precise Grayscale, 22bit+ (effects depend on driver IC)
- Low latency
-
- For PWM driver ICs, latency on the receiving card end can be reduced to 1 frame
- DCLK continuous PWM driver ICs require customized firmware
- Image rotation
-
- Multiples of 90° (0°/90°/180°/270°)
- free rotation at any angle with the dedicated MCTRL R5 controller and SmartLCT
Electrical
- Input voltage
-
DC 3.8 V to 5.5 V
- Rated current
-
0.6 A
- Rated power consumption
-
3.0 W
- Anti-static protection
-
2 kV
- Certifications
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RoHS, EMC Class B
Physical
- Operating environment
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- -20°C to +70°C
- 10% RH to 90% RH, non-condensing
- Storage environment
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- -40°C to +85°C
- 0% RH to 95% RH, non-condensing
- Dimensions
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70.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 8.1 mm
- Net weight
-
18.7 g (single receiving card only)
Sources
Source note
Capacity is recorded for common driver ICs with 8-bit sources (384×384); with PWM driver ICs the card loads 512×384. With 10-bit and 12-bit sources the figures drop to 384×256 and 512×256 unless a COEX controller is used.
- A8s-N Receiving Card Specifications
- Armor
- Armor - NovaStar
- A8s-N Specifications V1.5.0
- Official product image — A8s-N (A8s-N Specifications V1.4.2)
Dataset: 2026.10.12-1 · last verified: Oct 6, 2026
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