Form: 10-K

Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

March 12, 2004

EXHIBIT 23.1

Published on March 12, 2004

EXHIBIT 23.1

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of SCM Microsystems, Inc


We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement
Nos. 333-107546, 333-100629, 333-61272, 333-51792, 333-42376, 333-73061,
333-66397, 333-45789, 333-45791 and 333-45795 on Form S-8 and in Registration
Statement Nos. 333-90864, 333-62696 and 333-71915 on Form S-3 of our report
dated March 11, 2004 appearing in this Annual Report Form 10-K of SCM
Microsystems, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2003.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
San Jose, California
March 11, 2004