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    Exhibit
      5.1
     
    
     
    
    e.Digital
      Corporation
    16770
      West Bernardo Drive
    San
      Diego, California 92127
    
    Re:
      Registration
      Statement on Form S-8
    
    Ladies
      and Gentlemen:
    
    We
      have
      acted as counsel for e.Digital Corporation (the “Company”) in connection with
      the preparation and filing of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8
      under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Registration Statement”),
      relating to 1,750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $.001 par value (the
“Common Stock”), issuable under Inducement Stock Options and/or Special Stock
      Options issued by the Company to certain of its employees and consultants (the
      “Options”).
    
    We
      have
      examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our
      satisfaction, of the Options and of such other documents, corporate records,
      certificates of public officials and other instruments relating to the adoption
      and implementation of the Options as we deemed necessary or advisable for
      purposes of this opinion.
    
    Based
      on
      the foregoing examination and subject to compliance with applicable state
      securities and “blue sky” laws, we are of the opinion that the shares of Common
      Stock issuable upon exercise of the Options are duly authorized and, when issued
      in accordance with the Options, will be legally issued, fully paid and
      nonassessable.
    
    We
      consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
      Statement and to all references therein to our firm.
    
    
      
          
            |  | Very truly yours, | 
          
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            |  | /s/ McCONNELL, DUNNING & BARWICK
              LLP |