Exhibit 23.1

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Selected Financial
Data" and "Experts" and to the use of our reports dated March 11, 2000 and
February 3, 2000, in Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement (Form S-1,
No. 333-34820) and related Prospectus of Bruker Daltonics Inc. for the
registration of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock.

                                          /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
July 27, 2000