Small hardware component to play a sequence

[nato595]

Greetings all!
I am looking for a small and inexpensive way to 'record' and 'play' a basic sequence in either a DMX or SPI environment.
I want to have several small areas of my house rigged with lighting that are NOT hooked to my show computer. I would like to individually turn these 'zones' on and have them run through and repeat a custom prerecorded sequence.
Not sure if this exists or what it would be called.
Ideally the solution would not require me to learn programming! I imagine an inline memory chip that I can run a sequence off my computer, the chip will record the data, then I can unhook the computer and the chip can replay the data, and loop. Am I dreaming or is there such a beast?

Thanks in advance!

 

[jcmarksafb]

Don't know if this would fill the bill, but it might give you a starting place for the controller you want.

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/T-1000S-SD-card-led-pixel-controller-2012-new-version/701799_533601713.html

Ray has many different controllers in his store. Hope this helps.

 

[nato595]

Wow, I think that is nearly perfect!
I was hoping not to have to rely on a 3rd party software, but it looks pretty simple.
I'll give it a shot.
Thanks for the link!

 

[David_AVD]

You can buy DMX record/replay units. I have one that I designed a while ago, but didn't get around to finishing the code for it. Maybe check Ray Wu or other sellers on AliExpress.