RE: Servo programmer - burning in a new servo?
I bought a gizmo called TXServo a couple of years back. It connects to a PC via USB and comes with a program that allows you to run various "scenarios". I never referred to it as burning in a servo, but I have used it to center the servos.
The device has four slots that look pretty much like an RX servo plug-in area and I can "exercise" four servos at once.
As I said, I've used it to center servos prior to doing various connections and adjustments to the linkage.
The below is a screen capture from their web page.
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