This my first request to the piclist

I have designed an optical tachometer using a stepper motor with a
slotted wheel through which one can look and stobe rotating objects by
adjusting the rpm of the motor.  I can count the pulses to the stepper
motor and measure the RPM with a 4 digit 8Hz frequency counter.  This is
all done with discrete IC's.  It works great! However, this project
screams for a PIC such as a 65F84. I'm sure this is an old question
answered many times but I'll ask again. I need to design a 4 digit 7
segment LED  or LCD display to read the stepper motor pulses at 8 Hz.
We are only measuring RPM to 2000 RPM so the frequency is low.  Some
sample code for a frequency counter in this range would be helpful.
Also, it would be nice to pulse the stepper motor chip with the PIC.

Regards
Wayne Galaugher
Vancouver, Canada