Both exist, and the difference matters more than the price.
Most UV strips (ours included) are “dumb”: constant-current, 2-wire, run straight off 12/24V. You can dim them with any standard PWM dimmer, but UV emitters lose efficiency and drift at low duty cycles — below roughly 30% on the dial...
Hi everyone — Shicheng here. I run a small LED workshop in Shenzhen building specialty-wavelength strips (365nm UV, 660nm deep red, 850/940nm IR), and I have been lurking here for a while — the animated Christmas displays you all build are on another level. Looking forward to learning about...