Modular split and/or flap displays and associated interfaces and communications

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a data module of an apparatus, the apparatus comprising a processor, from a user device, a command representative of an input to be displayed by a group of split flaps of the apparatus;
• in response to the receiving the command, driving a motor located within a housing of the apparatus, resulting in a drive output, the motor comprising a group of cylinders affixed to an inner surface of the housing;
• in response to the drive output of the motor, rotating the housing about an axis according to a fixed angular increment, to move a group of split flaps, hingeably disposed on an outer surface of the housing, wherein each split flap of the group of split flaps comprises a top section of a characteristic, and a bottom section of an additional characteristic;
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• in response to the moving the group of split flaps, rotating the housing about the axis with the fixed angular increment to move a previously displayed top split flap of the group of split flaps, which displays a top portion of a previous characteristic of the previously displayed top split flap of the group of split flaps, to become a currently displayed bottom split flap, which displays a bottom portion of a new characteristic different from the previous characteristic of the previously displayed top split flap, as a result of the previously displayed top split flap rotating to the currently displayed bottom split flap, and rotating the housing about the axis with the fixed angular increment to move a previously hidden split flap of the group of split flaps, hidden behind the previously displayed top split flap, to become a currently displayed top split flap, which displays a top portion of the new characteristic, wherein the currently displayed top split flap and the currently displayed bottom split flap become a currently displayed split flap.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a data module communicatively connected to an apparatus, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• based on content received from a data source, determining to display a selected representation, of a group of different defined representations, corresponding to a selected top section and bottom section pair of a selected split flap of a group of top section and bottom section pairs of a group of split flaps, wherein the group of split flaps is hingeably disposed on an outer surface of a wheel, within a housing of the apparatus, configured to spin about an axis, wherein the group of split flaps corresponds to the group of top section and bottom section pairs, each top section and bottom section pair operable to display a different defined representation of the group of different defined representations, wherein a motor is disposed within the wheel that is operable to spin the wheel by different fixed amounts of angular rotation respectively corresponding to the group of different defined representations of the group of top section and bottom section pairs, wherein the data module is communicatively connected to an array of apparatuses in parallel to deliver a data signal to result in the array of apparatuses, comprising the apparatus, respectively displaying an array of selected representations, comprising the selected representation, and wherein the motor comprises at least two cylinders;
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• commanding the apparatus to drive the motor, wherein the wheel spins about the axis for a fixed amount of angular rotation, of the different fixed amounts of angular rotation, corresponding to the selected top section and bottom section pair, the motor stopping when the wheel reaches the selected representation, wherein the commanding results in display of the selected top section and the bottom section pair of the selected split flap corresponding to the selected representation.