Form: S-8

Securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans

December 14, 2000

EXHIBIT 23.1

Published on December 14, 2000


EXHIBIT 23.1



INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
SCM Microsystems, Inc. on Form S-8 of our report dated February 17, 2000,
appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of SCM Microsystems, Inc. for the
year ended December 31, 1999.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP

San Jose, California
December 13, 2000