EXHIBIT 23.1
 
 
              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
NETsilicon, Inc.
Waltham, Massachusetts
 
     We hereby consent to the inclusion in the Prospectus constituting a part of
this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of our report dated June 26, 1998,
except as for Notes A, I, J and Q which are as of August 24, 1998 accompanying
the financial statements of NETsilicon, Inc. (the 'Company'), as of January 31,
1998 and 1997, and for each of the years then ended and to the reference to us
under the heading 'Experts' in the Prospectus which is part of such Registration
Statement.
 
                                          BDO SEIDMAN, LLP
 
Los Angeles, California
August 26, 1998