A10s Plus-N

Manufacturer: NovaStar

Fully verified 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).

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Key specifications

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Capacity: 262.1 K px
Area: 512×512
Data groups: 32

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Best suited for

Driving a cabinet or module group of up to 512 × 512 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 PWM driver ICs: 512×512@60Hz for 8bit video sources, 512×384@60Hz for 10bit and 12bit video sources
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
Pixel level brightness and chroma calibration with NovaStar's calibration system
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
EMC Class B compliant hardware design; RoHS and EMC Class B certifications

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 262,144 px.

Technical specifications

Backup / redundant line
HDR
Pixel calibration
Mapping
Monitoring (temperature / voltage)

Capacity and outputs

Loading capacity: 262,144 px
Official loading area: 512 × 512 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 × 8.3 mm
Weight: 22.3 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 (PWM driver ICs, 8bit video sources): 512×512@60Hz
Maximum load capacity per card (PWM driver ICs, 10bit and 12bit video sources): 512×384@60Hz

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 1.0 (cabinets display receiving card number and Ethernet port information)
Monitoring: Temperature and voltage monitoring without external devices

bit error detection

status detection of dual power supplies
Backup: Dual card backup, loop backup, dual backup of configuration parameters, dual program backup, dual backup of calibration coefficients

Display

HDR: HDR10 (SMPTE ST 2084 and SMPTE ST 2086), HLG
Image Booster: 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 of video source on the receiving card end can be reduced to 1 frame
Image rotation: Multiples of 90° (0°/90°/180°/270°)

free rotation at any angle with the MCTRL R5 controller and SmartLCT
3D: Works with a controller that supports the 3D function

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: RoHS, EMC Class B

Physical

Operating temperature: -20°C to +70°C
Operating humidity: 10% RH to 90% RH, non-condensing
Storage temperature: -40°C to +85°C
Storage humidity: 0% RH to 95% RH, non-condensing
Dimensions: 70.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 8.3 mm
Net weight: 22.3 g (single receiving card only)

Sources

Source note

Capacity is stated for PWM driver ICs only: 512×512 at 60 Hz for 8-bit video sources (recorded here) and 512×384 for 10-bit and 12-bit sources.

A10s Plus-N Receiving Card Specifications Official specification · V1.1.2 · From the search-index excerpt of the official page · 06.10.2026
A10s Plus-N Receiving Card Specifications Official specification · V1.0.4 · From the search-index excerpt of the official page · 06.10.2026
Armor - NovaStar Official product page · From the search-index excerpt of the official page · 06.10.2026
A10s Plus-N Specifications V1.1.5 Official specification · V1.1.5 · Read directly · 07.10.2026
Official product image — A10s Plus-N (A10s Plus-N Specifications V1.1.5) Official specification · V1.1.5 · Read directly · 07.10.2026

Dataset: 2026.10.12-1 · last verified: Oct 6, 2026

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