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 February 26, 1999
(except for note I (ii) and (iii) as to which the date is             ) on the
financial statements of NETsilicon, Inc. (the 'Company'), as of January 31, 1999
and 1998, and for each of the three years in the period then ended. We also
consent to the references to us under the headings 'Selected Financial Data' and
'Experts' in the Prospectus which are part of such Registration Statement.
 
                                          BDO SEIDMAN, LLP
 
   
Boston, Massachusetts
April 20, 1999