Hi,
We're getting along OK, haven't played in a couple of weeks though. Sometimes the bootloader (the one it comes preloaded with) acts up and disconnect in the middle of program download only to work just fine the next time - I have no idea if that's the board, the bootloader firmware, software or my PC's fault.

Not sure what you mean with SCI...?
The board features a PIC18F8722 which has two EUSARTS. One of them is hardwired to FT232RL but the other one is available on the header (PortG.1 and PortG.2). There are also two MSSP modules, one is used for the onbard microSD card interface but both are available on the header though. All in all you have 38 I/O's available for external circuitry and communications, the rest of the 18F8722's I/O's are consumed by the LCD controller interface, the backlight drivers, touchscreen interface and USB UART.

You can download the schematic from mikroE's website. Unfortunately it's not complete when it comes to the RA6963 and the LCD-panel but the "PIC-side" of it is.

Can't say how it performs in daylight, only played with on the bench which is OK with backlight on.

/Henrik.