TI MSP430 voted most popular MCU?

[Stonent]

http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/systems-interface/4420230/MCU-popularity-perceptions

Surely I would have thought AVR or PIC would have been most popular. Here are the results:

MSP430 - 53%
MC6800- 19%
PIC16 - 10%
AVR - 6%
Other - 6%
STM32 - 4%
Cypress PSoC - 1%
Silicon Labs C8051F33x - 1%

They said 8051 was not included because Intel no longer makes them, but they are still made by everyone else pretty much.
I also think that AVR was a bit low, maybe because most people don't think of Arduinos as AVRs.

[nctnico]

The article is a shining example on how to create statistical nonsense! If internet had a delete button I'd use it on that article.

[c4757p]

Responses to the question: "Which of the following MCU families would you say is the most popular?"

Wow. 

[adam1213]

The poll is meant to be about what is perceived to be the most popular, as opposed directly looking into which is the most popular. e.g. the poll could be influenced by publications about which MCU is the most popular. Coincidently 7 days earlier edn published an article on this topic http://www.edn.com/electrical-engineer-community/industry-blog/4419922/1/Slideshow--The-most-popular-MCUs-ever

[EEVblog]

I believe that EDN viewership is very non-hobbyist and very upper crust big company industry centric. Lots of old time fuddy-duddies been at the same company for 30 years, hence big numbers on the likes of the freescale 6800.
They also don't get huge engagement on their online stuff, so I reckon the poll result numbers would be low, which they don't publish. Wouldn't surprise me if they only got a few dozen people voting total.

[PA0PBZ]

Wouldn't surprise me if they only got a few dozen people voting total.

How would you end up with 1% if that was the case?

[mrflibble]

For sufficiently large values of "a few" ... by blatantly rounding up/down. I was pleasantly surprised that at least it added up to 100%.

[PA0PBZ]

For sufficiently large values of "a few" ... by blatantly rounding up/down. I was pleasantly surprised that at least it added up to 100%.

Ok, but 1% of 'a few dozen' would be something like 0.3 votes 

[tinhead]

Ok, but 1% of 'a few dozen' would be something like 0.3 votes 

a few is less than 10, dozen is 12. So you can perfectly have 9 x 12 which is more than 100 which is necessary to get 1% step and it is still within "few dozen" 

[PA0PBZ]

a few is less than 10...

If that is the definition of 'a few' I stand corrected, my idea was it is around 3. But then I'm not native English, so...

[Dongulus]

a few is less than 10, dozen is 12. So you can perfectly have 9 x 12 which is more than 100 which is necessary to get 1% step and it is still within "few dozen" 

Actually, I think this is the official definition of "a few": http://xkcd.com/1070/

[tinhead]

Actually, I think this is the official definition of "a few

official? i prefer something like :

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/few

that said, few means small amount and it is not 'numeric' defined. However from logical point of view with combination of dozen the 'few dozen' need to be smaller than 'ten dozen' therefore 9 x 12 is max. However, he said already 'around 3', which can be ... (ok, i stop here and now)^^

my idea was it is around 3