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title: "Kernel DevKit workflow"
slug: "kernel-devkit-workflow"
updated: 2024-08-01T23:55:57Z
published: 2024-08-01T23:55:57Z
canonical: "docs.kernel.com/kernel-devkit-workflow"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kernel.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Kernel DevKit workflow

The following steps will get you up and running to collect your first Kernel Flow session with the reference design 12-module DevKit System.

- **Step 1**: [Install the acquisition driver](/docs/downloading-kortex) (if needed)
- **Step 2:** [Configure Kernel Cloud](/v1/docs/configuring-kernel-cloud)
- **Step 3:** [Connect the EEG components](/docs/setting-up-the-eeg-components-devkit) (optional)
- **Step 4:** [Set up the DevKit](/v1/docs/setting-up-the-devkit-cables)
- **Step 5:** [Start up the DevKit](/v1/docs/initializing-the-devkit)
- **Step 6:** [](/v1/docs/aligning-the-headset)[Place the DevKit on the participant](/v1/docs/place-the-devkit-on-the-participant)
- **Step 7:** [Get the best signal](/v1/docs/getting-best-signal-devkit)
- [](/v1/docs/tightening-the-tension-dial)**Step 8**: [Tune the lasers](/v1/docs/tuning-the-lasers-flow2-1)
- **Step 9:** [Record a dataset](/v1/docs/initiating-a-recording)
- **Step 10:** [Perform a Task (optional)](/v1/docs/kernel-unity-tasks-overview)
- **Step 11:** [End the recording](/v1/docs/ending-a-recording)
- **Step 12**: [Remove the DevKit](/v1/docs/removing-the-devkit-from-a-participant)
- **Step 13:** [View or download your data](/v1/docs/viewing-datasets)