Here’s the front-end circuit of the IR sniffer. The hardware will capture an IR code and retransmit it on demand. The schematic isn’t particularly complex. The IR receiver module is represented here ...
As you might have noticed, the 38-KHz pulse generator is built around the evergreen timer chip NE555P (IC1). Here, the RC components (R5-C3-P1) set the astable frequency to drive the infrared light ...