MCTRL R5
Sender / controller · MCTRL
- Capacity4.15 MP
- Outputs8 × RJ45
- Max. width3,840 px
- ModeSynchronous
Official product image — source: NovaStar.
NovaStar · Receiving card
B832
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B Series Manufacturer class: Receiving Card
Receiving card developed by NovaStar for fine-pitch LED displays with a large load capacity: up to 512×512@60Hz with PWM driver ICs and 512×384@60Hz with common driver ICs. It uses eight HUB320 connectors and supports up to 32 groups of parallel RGB data or 64 groups of serial data.
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Key specifications
View Technical Details- Capacity
- 196.6 K px
- Area
- 512×384
- Data groups
- 32
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Best suited for
- Driving a cabinet or module group of up to 512 × 384 pixels with a single card.
- Permanent installations that need temperature / voltage monitoring.
Key features (manufacturer)
- Resolutions up to 512×384@60Hz with common driver ICs and 512×512@60Hz with PWM driver ICs
- Eight HUB320 connectors; up to 32 groups of parallel RGB data or 64 groups of serial data
- Color management with standard (Rec.709, DCI-P3, Rec.2020) and custom color gamuts; 18bit+
- Pixel level brightness and chroma calibration; quick uploading of calibration coefficients
- Quick adjustment of dark or bright lines, 3D, individual gamma adjustment for RGB, image rotation in 90° increments
- Mapping 1.0, temperature and voltage monitoring, cabinet LCD, bit error detection
- Loop backup, dual backup of configuration parameters, dual program backup
- 92.0 mm × 122.4 mm × 16.9 mm, 82.3 g
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 196,608 px.This figure is for modules with conventional driver chips; the datasheet states 262,144 px for modules with PWM driver chips.
Technical specifications
- Backup / redundant line
- Pixel calibration
- Mapping
- Monitoring (temperature / voltage)
Capacity and outputs
- Loading capacity
- 196,608 px
- Official loading area
- 512 × 384 px
- Port speed
- 1 Gbps
- Data groups
- 32
- HUB interface
- HUB320 ×8
Connectivity and software
- Software / platform
- NovaLCT
Physical
- Dimensions
- 92.0 mm × 122.4 mm × 16.9 mm
- Weight
- 82.3 g
- Operating temperature
- -20°C to +70°C
- Input voltage
- DC 3.8 V to 5.5 V
- Power consumption
- 2.5 W
Manufacturer-specific technical data
In the manufacturer's own wording (the original English terms are kept).
Capacity
- Maximum resolution (common driver ICs)
-
512×384@60Hz
- Maximum resolution (PWM driver ICs)
-
512×512@60Hz
- Parallel RGB data groups
-
Up to 32 groups of parallel RGB data
- Serial data groups
-
64 groups of serial data
Network
- Gigabit Ethernet ports
-
- Connect to the sending card and cascade other receiving cards
- each connector can be used as input or output
Interfaces
- HUB320 connectors
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- Eight HUB320 connectors (JH1-JH8, 26 pins each)
- connect to the module
- Power connector
-
Connects to the input power
- 5-pin LCD connector
-
Connects to the LCD
Control
- Self-test button
-
- Sets the test pattern
- after the Ethernet cable is disconnected, press twice to display the test pattern, press again to switch the pattern
- Mapping 1.0
-
Cabinets display the receiving card number and Ethernet port information
- Monitoring
-
- Receiving card temperature and voltage monitored without peripherals
- bit error detection
- cabinet LCD shows temperature, voltage and run time
- Backup
-
- Loop backup
- dual backup of configuration parameters
- dual program backup
Display
- Color management
-
Standard color gamuts (Rec.709, DCI-P3 and Rec.2020) and custom color gamuts
- 18bit+
-
Improves the LED display grayscale by 4 times
- Calibration
-
Pixel level brightness and chroma calibration with NovaStar's high-precision calibration system
- Image rotation
-
Multiples of 90° (0°/90°/180°/270°)
Electrical
- Input voltage
-
DC 3.8 V to 5.5 V
- Rated current
-
0.5 A
- Rated power consumption
-
2.5 W
Physical
- Operating temperature
-
-20°C to +70°C
- Operating humidity
-
10% RH to 90% RH, non-condensing
- Storage environment
-
- -25°C to +125°C
- 0% RH to 95% RH, non-condensing
- Dimensions
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92.0 mm × 122.4 mm × 16.9 mm
- Net weight
-
82.3 g (weight of a single receiving card only)
- Packing
-
- Antistatic bag and anti-collision foam per card
- 100 receiving cards per box
- box 625.0 mm × 180.0 mm × 470.0 mm
Sources
Source note
Capacity is recorded for common driver ICs (512×384 at 60 Hz); with PWM driver ICs the card supports up to 512×512.
Dataset: 2026.10.12-1 · last verified: Oct 6, 2026
Interoperability between receiving cards and controllers from different manufacturers is not assumed without official documentation.
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