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Isn't it more that Arduino boards dominate the hobbyist microcontroller space, and they have historically used AVR? IIRC, most new Arduino models are now ARM based.

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Newer ones coming out are ARM but they're not a direct replacement yet due to being significantly more expensive

uno currently retails for $25, the arm-based zero is going for $50

Uno and Zero are not directly comparable.

There are even some MIPS ones like the Yun which use Atheros SoCs.

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