nadroit,
To many things to mention, but as a colleague of mine once said simulate any "career limiting" events. ESD and latchup are forgivable events, but startup, incorrect logic hookup, unwanted oscilations, non oscilations when wanted. These are the things that can reduce the momentum of ones career discredit a small company.
1. Simulate supply ramp up from zero to full dc
2. Transient steady state with no signal, then a supply step transient, then wait to see if an oscilation appears.
3. Verify that communication from the comms interface is seen at the destination of intended logic.
There are many specific to your architecture sims that are not as general as this, hope this helps.
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