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MultiCam Boards Documentation > MultiCam Documentation > MultiCam User Guide > MultiCam Basics > Acquisition > Multiple Acquisition Buffer Management > Cluster of Surfaces

Cluster of Surfaces

A cluster of surfaces is associated to any channel object. The surfaces are chosen among a pool of surfaces previously instantiated by the application. A large number of surfaces can be registered to a cluster.

The cluster linked to a channel is called the destination cluster of the channel.

Several channels can designate the same surface as a member of their destination clusters.

The rationale for the cluster is to allow for an unified management scheme when the user wishes to implement a multiple-buffer acquisition structure.

The cluster mechanism offered by MultiCam unifies the control mechanism for a single, double or triple buffer, as well as the acquisition of image sequences implying more than three buffers.