A8s-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 groups).

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Key specifications

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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): 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: 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 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: RoHS, EMC Class B

Physical

Operating environment: -20°C to +70°C

10% RH to 90% RH, non-condensing
Storage environment: -40°C to +85°C

0% RH to 95% RH, non-condensing
Dimensions: 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.

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

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