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There is no difference between doing:
wire out;
assign out = in1 ^ in2;
and
reg out;
always @ (*)
out = in1 ^ in2;
If you put either into a device you will get the same result. If you simulate these you will also see the same result.
However, what you are doing is a little different and you need to understand the way in which ModelSim (or any other simulator) works. When you generate stimulus that occurs at the same point in time (in your case @ 40ns both 'clock' & 'Signal' change) the simulator needs to decide how to evaluate the new state of each signal. Whereas your hardware (your FPGA) does this simultaneously (in parallel, albeit with propagation delays), the simulator does this sequentially over a number of simulation cycles. These cycles aren't 1ns, or 1ps. They don't have any time associated with them they are simply passes of the code. ModelSim will then display this as having occurred simultaneously. This is why you often see glitches that have no time duration associated with them. This is where ModelSim has evaluated a signal in one state (e.g. your 'SignalPosEdge' signal is evaluated HIGH) but on the next simulation cycle to simulator determines it actually needs to be in the other state ('SignalPosEdge' is re-assessed LOW). So, ModelSim displays that as what appears to be a glitch.
So, I suggest you change the point at which events occur in your simulation. Change "#40 Signal = 1;" to "#35 Signal = 1;" or "#45 Signal = 1;". You will give the simulator an easier job of analysing your puzzle and, I think you'll learn a little more about your code and ModelSim. If you don't think that appropriately represents your real system then you will need to rethink how your code and how to stimulate your simulation.
Cheers,
Alex
PS. Sorry if this is a little difficult to understand but you are asking about something a little complex... :eek:
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Thank you anyway!
I'm really agreed with you. There is no difference between the two xxxx.vo files and in gate-level simulation.
Even a D flip flop have setup and hold time for input signal corresponding to clock edge . Furthermore, ModelSim simulate the wave in a special compiled sequence. So, in a word, not using that clock edge, I should change the signal after it to make the RTL simulation right, vise-versa. Did I comprehend it right?
Regards,
Hubert
PS. You explained it in a quite understandable way with simple language.
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