The invention relates to an automatic diagnostic device and diagnostic method of a long-distance magnetic array position
sensing system. The automatic diagnostic device comprises a plurality of sections of circuit boards, namely a first section of circuit board, a second section of circuit board,..., and an Nth section of circuit board, which are connected head to
tail by a fixing device, wherein the first section of circuit board or the Nth section of circuit board is fixed with a main
control circuit board through the fixing device; the main
control circuit board is provided with a main
control unit; the first section of circuit board, the second section of circuit,..., and the Nth section of circuit board are respectively provided with a first diagnosis circuit, a second diagnosis circuit,..., and an Nth diagnosis circuit; and the first diagnosis circuit, the second diagnosis circuit,..., and the Nth diagnosis circuit are simultaneously connected with a main
control system. The device and the method provided by the invention have the following advantages: the design cost is reduced, the interference is reduced, the
system stability is improved, and a
shift register cascade is used for the long-distance expansion to realize no restrictions on the measuring distance theoretically; and in addition, the
system can be ensured to work in the case of individual damaged sensing element and obviously improve the power-on reliability of the long-distance scanning of the
system.