Minors under the age of 14 need parental consent to sign up for an Arduino account. This is called a junior account.
- Adults can create junior accounts from their profile page.
- Juniors can also request permission from their parents.
Sign up your junior from an adult account
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Go to the Profile page. Sign in if prompted or, if you haven’t done so, create an Arduino account.
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Under Junior Accounts, click on Set Up Junior Account.
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Enter the following profile info:
- Optional: Change the avatar.
- Optional: Regenerate the randomly assigned username.
- Required: Enter a password.
- Required: Enter the junior’s date of birth.
When done, click Next.
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Agree to the terms of parental consent and click Create Account.
The junior account will be created and added to the Junior Accounts section.
Request permission as a junior
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Go to arduino.cc and click Sign In in the top-right to open the sign-in page.
If another account is signed in, click the profile button and select ‘Sign Out’ first.
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Below the Sign In button, find the text “Don’t have an account yet?”, and click on Create one to proceed.
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Enter your date of birth, then click on Next.
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Enter the following profile info:
- Optional: Change the avatar.
- Optional: Regenerate your randomly assigned username.
- Required: Enter a password.
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Type in your parent’s email address in both fields. Make sure that you provide the correct email address. Click on Send Email.
An email will be sent to your parent with instructions on how to finalize your account.