I spent much of the day getting the driver-level facilities working at their most basic. I've heard this described as bring-up, though it's the first time I've used the term, so I could be misusing it. Anyways, it was a great day, as a number of features were tested, and all worked. Thank god for using monolithic ICs instead of custom designed circuitry. It works just as specified in the documentation. Here's a playlist of a bunch of videos showing what was done.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGputUCrELcBbJ8MHORK8IlhqORT-YfaO