Intermittent computing could be combined with low-powered visible light communication systems to facilitate novel sensor networks. This position paper provides a framework for future research by highlighting synergies between the technologies, and explores how techniques developed in intermittently-powered systems can be used to provide enhanced stability to ultra-low power visible light communication.

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Age of Information (AoI) is a key metric to understand data freshness in Internet of Things (IoT) devices. In this paper we analyse an intermittently-powered IoT sensorwith mixed-memory (volatile and non-volatile) architecturethat uses a Time-Dependent Checkpointing (TDC) scheme. We derive the average Peak Age of Information (PAoI) and average AoI of the system, and use these metrics to understand which device parameters most significantly influence performance. We go on to consider how the average PAoI of a mixed-memory system compares with entirely volatile or entirely non-volatile architecture, and also introduce an alternative TDC strategy to improve system resilience in unpredictable environmental conditions.