Yes, you should be able to - as long as you use two pins that aren't connected to anything else, just connect RX, TX and GND - and then power the ESP8266 from a higher power 3.3v power source and you'll be fine.
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Yes, you should be able to - as long as you use two pins that aren't connected to anything else, just connect RX, TX and GND - and then power the ESP8266 from a higher power 3.3v power source and you'll be fine.