EXHIBIT 5.01


                                February 20, 1996



Integrated Systems, Inc.
3260 Jay Street
Santa Clara, California 95054-3309

Gentlemen/Ladies:

         At your request,  we have examined the  Registration  Statement on Form
S-8 (the  "Registration  Statement")  to be filed by you with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  on or  about  February  20,  1996 in  connection  with the
registration  under the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  of an aggregate of
131,862  shares of your  Common  Stock  (the  "Common  Stock") to be sold by you
pursuant to stock  options  granted  under the Doctor  Design,  Inc.  1991 Stock
Option  Plan and  assumed  by you (the  "Options").  The  Options  were  assumed
pursuant to the terms of an  Agreement  and Plan of  Reorganization  dated as of
December 14, 1995 and amended January 26, 1996 (the "Reorganization  Agreement")
by and among you, ISI Purchasing  Corporation,  a Delaware  corporation and your
wholly owned subsidiary, and Doctor Design, Inc., a California corporation,  and
the related  Agreement of Merger dated January 26, 1996, which together with the
Reorganization Agreement effectuated a merger of ISI Purchasing Corporation with
and into Doctor Design, Inc.

         As your  counsel,  we have  examined  the  proceedings  taken by you in
connection with the assumption of the Options to purchase your Common Stock.

         It is our opinion that the number of shares of Common Stock that may be
issued and sold by you pursuant to the Options as indicated  above,  when issued
and  sold in the  manner  referred  to in the  Prospectus  associated  with  the
Registration  Statement,  the Doctor Design, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan and the
Options, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

         We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement  and  further  consent  to  all  references  to  us,  if  any,  in the
Registration Statement and any amendments thereto.

                                Very truly yours,



                                /s/ Fenwick and West
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                                Fenwick and West