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 June 30, 1999) on the
financial statements of NETsilicon, Inc. (the 'Company'), as of January 31, 1998
and 1999, 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
July 1, 1999