Bench discipline for HIL radar bring-up

Loop-style benches reward boring habits. We start every engagement with a photo inventory and torque checklist—not because customers forget, but because assumptions differ across labs. Clock discipline comes next: if your scenario clock and processor clock disagree, you will chase ghosts.

Fault templates should be boring too. Predictable names, predictable injection points, and predictable recovery steps. Wildcard faults are fun demos and terrible regression anchors.

Close the loop with trace markers aligned to scenario beats. When something fails, you want a straight line from waveform oddity to instructor narrative without opening twelve tools.