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.
333-42376, 333-51792, 333-61272, 333-100629, 333-73061, 333-66379, 333-45789,
333-45791 and 333-45795 on Form S-8 and in Registration Statement Nos.
333-62696, 333-90864 and 333-71915 on Form S-3 of our report dated
February 20, 2003 appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of SCM
Microsystems, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2002.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
San Jose, California
March 26, 2003