Consumer USB Products Industry standard USB connectors and cable assemblies provide connection for power and data exchange without the need for a host PC across a variety of industries. The Universal Serial Bus was developed in 1996 to integrate a variety of existing PC I/O ports into a single interface with hot-plugging, automatic configuration capabilities and increased bandwidth to enhance serial I/O throughput for a wide range of peripherals. Available in standard, mini and micro versions, USB products connect a variety of different peripherals to this common interface standard.