Hi everyone this is paul - i'm currently an A-Level student researching a project on an Automated lighting system, which would use 555 timers to allow the user to program lights to come on at certain times during the day, and using infra-red technology would be able to switch lights on and off using a remote control. What i want to know is what components would i need to build this, and how would i go about researching this technology? Any help with this project would be greatly appreciated thanks