MCTRL R5
Sender / controller · MCTRL
- Capacity4.15 MP
- Outputs8 × RJ45
- Max. width3,840 px
- ModeSynchronous
Official product image — source: NovaStar.
NovaStar · Receiving card
A5s Plus
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Armor Manufacturer class: Receiving Card
General small-size receiving card supporting Color Management, 18bit+, pixel level brightness and chroma calibration, low latency, 3D and 90° image rotation. 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
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, 192×384@60Hz for 10bit and 12bit video sources
- Maximum load capacity per card with PWM driver ICs: 512×384@60Hz for 8bit video sources, 256×384@60Hz for 10bit and 12bit video sources
- Color Management with standard (Rec.709 / DCI-P3 / Rec.2020) and custom color gamuts
- 18bit+ improves LED display grayscale by 4 times
- 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 and firmware program
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
- 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
Physical
- Dimensions
- 70.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 8.3 mm
- Weight
- 16.2 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)
-
192×384@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)
-
256×384@60Hz
Network
- Ethernet
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Gigabit Ethernet ports (Port1, Port2) on the high-density connector
Interfaces
- Parallel RGB data
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Up to 32 groups
- Serial data
-
64 groups (expandable to 128 groups)
- Connectors
-
High-density connectors (JH1, JH2)
Control
- Mapping
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Mapping 1.1 (cabinets display controller number, receiving card number and Ethernet port information)
- 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
Display
- Color Management
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Standard (Rec.709 / DCI-P3 / Rec.2020) and custom color gamuts
- 18bit+
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Improves the LED display grayscale by 4 times
- 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
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Multiples of 90° (0°/90°/180°/270°)
- 3D
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Works with a controller that supports the 3D function
Electrical
- Input voltage
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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 × 8.3 mm
- Net weight
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16.2 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 192×384 and 256×384.
- A5s Plus Receiving Card Specifications
- A5s Plus Receiving Card Specifications
- Armor - NovaStar
- A5s Plus Specifications V1.4.1
- Official product image — A5s Plus (A5s Plus Specifications V1.4.1)
Dataset: 2026.10.12-1 · last verified: Oct 6, 2026
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