4. USB bus

4.1 Origin

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) was created and standardized in 1995 by a group of computer and peripheral manufacturers under the auspices of the USB Implementation Forum. The aim was to modernize serial bus technology by ensuring :

• high bandwidth ;

• the ability to hot-plug a large number of peripherals;

• robustness;

• Plug and play" self-configuration techniques;

• scalability ;

• reliability ;

• ease of use;

• and the lowest possible price.

Another important idea was...