POWER OF ATTORNEY

       Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of MarDee Haring-Layton and
James A. Barnes, signing singly, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer, director or
beneficial owner of more than ten percent of any
registered class of the securities of e.DIGITAL
CORPORATION (the Company), or one or more of its
subsidiaries (the "Company"), SEC Form ID - Uniform
Application for Access Codes to File On EDGAR;
2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer, director or
beneficial owner of more than ten percent of any
registered class of the securities of the Company,
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;
3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable
to complete and execute any such Form ID or Form 3,
4 or 5 and file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and
4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, and in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-
in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-
fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this power of attorney and rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 23rd
day of August, 2016.


/s/ RUSSELL H. PACKER
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Russell H. Packer